I belong, as a contributing member, to a talented group of writers who are responsible for A Muse Bouche Review, a literary newsletter. It gives me a chance to write something new each month around a given theme, which I’m enjoying. The theme for November, 2023 is Innocence and my contribution this month is a song lyric titled Hit the Town. Here’s how it starts:

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My old man drove me as far as the station,
but he wouldn’t get out of the car.
He shook my hand and palmed me a twenty,
told me again I was straying too far.
Every small town kid wakes up one morning
with big city lights alive in his dreams,
but you’re just an innocent boy from the farm,
and those big city lights aren’t as bright as they seem.
Go on now, son, your train is waiting,
I know this is something you think you have to do,
but take this advice along for the ride,
someone gave it to me when I was a kid just like you.

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To read the entire lyric, and all the other pieces from this talented crew, check out the November A Muse Bouche Review, available here:

https://mailchi.mp/f6179a5b7cc5/a-muse-bouche-review-plots-parties-17071592?e=46f6fd2a9e