“MARBLED ROWED MARKERS” © 1994, 2014, 2021 song by Elton Houck /China Co-op Music Publishing(ASCAP))…reprint from Elton Houck’s book—“JUMP ROPING through the LABYRINTH to the ABYSS—finding God” © 2014 Elton Houck—Outskirts Press “MARBLED ROWED MARKERS” :…../….VERSE 1:….A young boy grows into a man/And goes far across the seas/War is always around they say/But a mother wonders if it really has to be./…..VERSE 2:….A wife tells her husband goodbye/Places a wreath at his side/Knowing she can never hold him close/She kneels and whispers, “I love you,” as her tears flow./…..CHORUS:…./…Marbled rowed markers/Echo sounds of cannon, fife, and drum/Heroes that gave their lives/Lay silent in the morning sun/But least we forget the bravest yet/Mothers, children, and wives/That bare the sorrow of war/For the rest of their lives./….VERSE 3:….A child stares blankly at the ground/But still cannot understand/Life is gone in the wave of a hand/And the battle does not always go with the strong./……\//____________________________________________________________________________________ The artwork for the song “MARBLED ROWED MARKERS” was originally titled : RED BOOK: "DEMONIC DECEIVERS: Darwinean Evolution"© 2006 Elton Houck Demonic Deceivers is a sub-series within the Red Book---a hard covered spiral bound chapbook of 43 original individual paintings and drawings each measuring 4.5" X 7" on black acid free paper. The works in this chapbook begin in 2002 and continue into 2006.The work includes acrylic paint, pages grounded with white gesso, pages grounded with black gesso, and works using India inks, gel pens, acrylic paint , colored pencils, pastels, oil stick, and any combination of the mix.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ======