At the turning of the night,
you went south,
you faced the winter without a sound,
for you had things things to do,
things to do in secret too, by the looks of you,
and I wondered what it was all about,
and I saw you leave with that chiselled chin of yours,
and a spade over your shoulder,
and I had a feeling about you,
I thought I knew you,
but I didn't really have a clue,
and I thought well,
I thought maybe you would be back one day,
running your mouth as you usually used to do,
and I thought maybe you'd come back rich,
and I thought maybe,
you would bring back a girl to marry you,
and I thought,
maybe I would get to know you better,
but really, I did not know what you had gone to do,
because at the turning of the night when you went south,
there was a hazy sky,
and in your eyes, there was a determined look,
a determined look about you,
and I did not know what you had gone to do,
but I saw you smile before you turned away,
and I saw you get in your truck,
and head for the wilderness and that was all I knew,
and you drove away, and I remember the day,
because you had such a way about you,
and you walked funny,
and you apparently did not care about money,
and when the postman, he discovered you in the wilderness,
you had built yourself a palace,
a palace out of wood,
and there you lived like a king,
and you dined out in nature where there was plenty of food to eat,
and you sat on top of the battlements,
and you surveyed the view,
the view of the trees,
and the view of the lakes Infront of you,
and you were alone for a while,
and so many people had forgotten about you,
but not me, because you had a determined look about you,
and I wondered how you were, and I sent you a letter,
and I wrote to you, and I asked how life is,
how is life now that you have flown,
and where did you go,
and do you care about what you own,
and I wrote a little more, but not much,
because I always said I would keep in touch,
and you wrote me back too,
and said I am fine, so, do not pay me any mind,
because I am just doing what I usually do,
and you sent me a picture of you in your castle,
and I admired the view,
and I was a little shocked, and a little taken aback too,
and it looked beautiful out there,
and you were doing what you usually do,
minding your own business in the wilderness,
taking your time to find your own mind,
away from the clique of the town and the local city streets,
because they were no good for anybody,
except the winter snows and the shops with food to eat,
and they were no good except for the bars,
where the women fluttered their eyelids,
and tried to steal your heart,
in a place with the strongest liquor,
a place with gambling and hustling,
and people smoking like chimneys,
the kind of place that I try to stay away from,
as much as I can,
and I was glad to hear from you,
glad to hear you were away from this place,
for it brought you down,
and I was going to leave too anyway,
and you wrote me back again,
come and see me my friend,
so, I set off,
hoping It would not be too long,
before we could drink a beer or two,
because it had been a while,
and I brought some smokes and when I got to you,
I pulled up in my car and I saw you sat with a bear,
and I saw you had dressed it in a dress,
and you were drinking a beer with it,
and you sat there relaxed with your wild hair,
and with a mildly drunken stare,
and you called to me, and said hey,
how about a beer with a bear,
sure, why not I said,
as If it was something that I would usually do,
and me and you, and the bear we all; got a little drunk,
and we danced around the campfire, and under the stars,
and we played some music,
and the bear it took the beer to its heart,
and how we laughed and laughed,
and we stumbled around the campfire,
and watched the shooting stars,
and the bear it fell asleep in the chair,
and it slept all night without a care,
and we watched the sun come up,
and then we fell asleep too,
and the bear,
well, it ran away with your trousers,
but what could I do,
and we tried to look for them,
but they had been eaten by half past ten,
and for breakfast we had eggs and ham in the frying pan,
and we had sausages and tomatoes too,
and with our heads a little sore,
we drank some more,
and then, when the bear came back,
we tried to teach the bear how to drive,
because the shop was miles away,
and well, you know what it is like out in the wilderness,
there was much to do and explore, and so much to say,
and life, well it could be much improved,
much improved,
if you could teach a bear to drive to the shops for you,
and what a day,
what a day, and how hot was the sun,
so hot it melted my mind away,
and it took my mind away from the town,
that smelled like hell and that made me frown,
and I swore I would never go back again,
and it was another beautiful day in paradise,
and well, there was a little breeze,
so, we chopped down some trees,
and we grazed our arms,
and we grazed our knees,
and we started to build an extension on the castle,
and after a lot of work,
and after being worn out we sat down,
and talked about the world,
and I asked do you,
do you miss the girls,
not really you said,
because all they did for me in that town was rattle my head,
and gave me a headache and brought me down,
and I smiled and nodded, and I knew what he meant,
and those girls well I could not stand to be around them,
for they were no ladies, and they were far too loud,
and they smoked cigarettes by the packet,
a whole packet I mean,
yes, they put the whole ten cigarettes in their mouth,
and I was glad,
glad to be away from there,
for they looked like clowns you know,
wearing far too much makeup,
and well, anyway,
I am glad I am not seeing them today,
not with this hangover,
and you laughed aloud and said,
well at least we have got nature and we have got a castle,
and we have got beer,
and we have got great weather,
and we have got lunch,
and I taught the bear to fetch me salmon,
and he don't mind sharing,
and I feed him too, so he knows I care,
and the bear when it came to it,
he looked inquisitively at him,
and he put his hands together and made like a fish,
and the bear looked at him,
and understood and trotted off,
and while we waited, we dozed in the grass,
and drank beer until it was coming out of our ears,
and after a couple of hours had passed,
we had lunch provided by the bear,
because it had caught us some salmon,
and the bear it didn't mind sharing,
and so, we cooked it on the fire,
and in the castle,
we sat drinking beer with the bear,
and we were all without any cares,
and we had enough food,
to satiate our appetites,
and with salmon on our plates,
and the sun upon our faces,
and with the music on,
after saying graces,
and under the blue sky,
and the clouds,
we told a few jokes out loud,
and then we fell into conversation,
about that town,
and I said,
what a place,
what a place,
yes, I am glad I am here now,
and thanks,
thanks for inviting me around,
but goddamn,
how much better is this place,
than that goddamn awful town,
and you smiled and said,
here's to that and we toasted nature,
and we toasted the air,
and we toasted the sun and the sky,
and we toasted the castle,
and we toasted the bear with a beer,
and you looked at me and said,
yeah, to hell with that town,
how about you,
sticking around here?
