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bedrest
02:59
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sidney
03:36
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when you were younger you burnt down the trees "to fight a new war with the smoke"
mouth near the ground to find something to breathe and remembering old knives you had sold
to the boy who once was a sailor to acquire a novel vocation
because the vagrant's boss is the jailer and his "paycheck is only his clothes."
so which way did that young hawker mark them, for a profit or to keep them moving?
with the "swiss men in the hop fields" you'll find him. he's checking out on a decent day's work.
the henhouse now dances with flames and our hero has called the policemen
"solemn family's praying for rain..." but his memory's begun to defeat him.
because the lunchbox kid has grown tired, busy storing these stories inside him.
and he's given away all his possessions just to prove that there's nothing that owns him: just to prove what we've always denied.
his last few years were a train wreck, yeah maybe a decade or two.
you hurt more people that you had helped, but sidney i will not forget you.
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darker meaning
04:19
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i know that i won't rise in the early morning
instead these days begin to fade away
all i know echoes into the evening
all i know points toward your leaving
the next page of my nightmare is standing in the doorway,
knocks me to the floor where i've made my bed and now must lay
the blood is pouring and the fog is freezing
each cup of coffee holds a darker meaning
i know that i won't find an easy way to look past this
looking into your eyes one part stoned and one part jaundiced
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philosophy of time
03:32
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sometimes my life feels just like a needle pushed completely through a pin cushion
every action and every thought is just the substance of a larger thing that i only intersect
if everything is happening at the same time, then there is no time
maybe that's just an easy way to sidestep my own shortcomings
i cannot answer for or absolve my need for a will
yes i will
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fiberglass
02:45
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not realizing your buoyant until you drain the water from the bath
the pressure of fiberglass on your back
this weight it feels like someone else's
but it won't go away during your lifetime
and you wake from a dream you've had before
(with the taste of wine in your throat).
the vision in your mind's eye is still clear:
a figure with your face steps out from the shadows
this dream feels different than the others
as though it stands apart: a landmark of your lifetime
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birthday beer
02:51
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you said to me, "can I see your id? hey thanks for having it ready"
"halloween? that's my birthday too!"
and like a curse, i'd always forget to say 'happy birthday' to you on the 31st
i'd found out a month after you left
so i guess i won't see you on my 30th.
but i swear i won't forget you this year
when i'm buying my birthday beer.
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blind contour
04:59
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the rain outside the window
collects in a puddle
reflecting the motion-sensing light
that hangs from the neighbor's garage
nothing is happening but I can pretend
nothing is happening here but i can't help but pretend
i try to draw my face
without lifting up my pen
a tangle of lines is all i find instead
but still it looks a little like how i feel
nothing is happening but i can pretend
something is happening here but i can't help but pretend.
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damp paper
03:23
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state-office building parking lot
lottery tickets dumped out in an empty spot.
i could pick one up--no one's around
i'd probably be the winner:
of another damp piece of paper.
my breath hands in the air in the dark
in the morning and in the evening
condensation on my upper lip
is what i get for sighing all the time
(sigh)
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last one on the lease
03:35
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you're the last one on the lease
in the whole apartment building.
it's easier for the landlord to keep the water running
than to break the terms you'd signed.
and so you sit alone
in an oversized house of empty rooms with a new room
and a crumbling front foundation.
damaged from the time a car had hit it
before you moved in
before you came here
and before they moved out
before the summer heatwave had started
just turn the fan on to drown the roadhouse out
you've only got a few more weeks until you're kicked out.
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memorial light
02:08
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the paint on the ground marking the site of a pedestrian fatality has faded considerably.
the solar powered memorial light, was well intentioned but it never comes on because it's bathed in streetlight
i'm so tired. like the red oldsmobile with a 'for sale' sign in the window
sitting in the retirement center parking lot.
ignore the sale price--make your best offer.
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church fire
02:16
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i had a dream where a monolithic charge pageant caught fire
giant wooden angels with their arms out
lighting up the dark auditorium
and i couldn't help but laugh at the sheer magnificence of it all
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