LARRY HIRSHBERG

 

In Every Kitchen

Dan Silver's picture's on my refrigerator
Held there by a magnet that advertises power
In the picture Silver almost smiles on the
Snowy street where we were parting ways

Dan Silver almost smiled when we sat with coffee
Arpeggiating on our new acoustics
His faded t-shirt stated "Neil Young Sucks" and so we'd
Bend Lightnin' Hopkins or Little Feat

There were a couple more Dan Silver episodes
Sitting in at Luke's or in the woods near Eugene
He played his Strat with power, sublimating sadness,
He posed for one more picture, almost smiling

Chorus:
In every kitchen we remember.
Refrigerator memorials.
We reach for ice cream, they're almost smiling.
Sometimes a picture of some old dog…

My girlfriend's uncle Mike smokes a cigarette
Standing on the moon or some dry river
Cancer took him and my friend Dan Silver
A bowl of Cheerios cries out for milk…