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Porch Scene
01:59
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it’s funny you should say that, i was just about to ask when the next train was coming
man they always seem to pass
when i look closely enough
i can see the dew evaporating
returning to what it was only once illuminating
i don’t drive, i’m waiting for my ride to take me:
some pink air, dark grass / “darkgrass”, lucky cloud coming fast
some rough hair, some damp air, blinking light
i’ll get there
sun shimmer down, smudge feet
lucky cloud on my street
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Puget Sound
03:11
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now what good will walking do me when i cannot rise from this soft, familiar frame?
and i travel through indifferent doorways that the pines did not intend
listen to this offer. i’m only nervous about the whispers in the sand
that snake beneath me, they want me to be different than i am
the sky splintered through the mountains
like draining a glacier, up posing / opposing their insides
before my pulse syncs up with the spiraling waves i am counting every beat in time
listen to my voice; it’s been getting stronger i’ve been listening to the birds
that fly above me, they’ve been hearing every word
now i do not know this breathing
unwillfully mine, it is strange and not yet named
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Tollund Woman
04:11
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i am draped in fabric to deny
the body i was given, misdesigned / ms. design
i pace back and forth i’m self-confined
trace along my waistline, wasting time
live forever in the ground
tollund woman safe & sound
across the ravine, cicadas crying
out rises steam, clouds of silence
but i’m still waiting!
it is always aching what i can’t see
shrink under / my skin folds atrophy
i keep getting gifts i don’t deserve
buried under all i have, self-preserved
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5. |
Redesign
02:08
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6. |
Kite Flyer (Lucky Cloud)
02:48
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bright streaks / streets
just like an arrow
just like a finger
choosing us again
light beam
all straight and narrow
just like a pharoah
choosing us & them
lucky cloud raining only holy water
raining / reigning over holy ground
raining / reigning over children found, buried there
lucky cloud raining on the darkened alleys and the festivals of light
and the rich and darkened cups of wine
new kite, to the sun just like an arrow
cutting through the waves of heat
pulling tattered string uptight, buried there
when we come don’t remember what we said
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7. |
The Trespasser Shuffle
02:14
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baby coming over in the morning time
when the light through the blinds is dripping down the window
they got it covered but it’s never “just fine” when we think to ourselves
“what happened to the daylight”
we stumble on some differént moonlit fold of earth and sleep there
i’m coming over running out of our time when i pull my shirt over my clean hair
watch my body wave my fingers: i’m not half as drunk as i thought
yeah i know in heaven everything will be fine so i keep my eyes closed and my head clear
i’ve got your good things baby and you’ve got mine so let’s call it a deal and just stay here
i check the temperature: am i alright am i alright is it just me?
i like your teeth and i like when they laugh and i watch them grow / roll back
it’s a different kind of funny
pull my breath right through my fingers: i’m sure this is good as it gets
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8. |
Busride Naptime
00:59
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9. |
Girl Talk
02:07
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i’m the type of girl who brandishing a canny smile and threatening to stay a while
i know just where to lunge at, through basement walls and pavement cracks
and missing breakfast, extra snacks
i’m the type of girl who’s stitching skin and twisting voice and careful not to make a choice
i know just what you’re thinking
delegated qualifier with regulations i admire
i’ll chase after all my thoughts: i could use a little exercise
i’ll deal with it on my own, i don’t need another pair of eyes
i’m the type of girl who, nails snipped off and hair arranged
i swear to god i’ll never change
if you promise not to ask me
i’m only here to decorate the garbage world that you created
are you scared? cause im just getting started i guess i just don’t know when to stop
i just bought this lipstick at target, if you like it i’d be glad to swap
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Lucky cloud
02:16
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11. |
Congress Parkway
04:12
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no way we can’t all fit behind that door
they say it won’t be open anymore
they all convene here through the different colored lines
and in between them different psalms all intertwined
up in the golden sky no family above you
where the streets all look like veins, and the city is still breathing
you better get home if your family still loves you
blocking congress parkway with the blistering and young sure beats thinking about death in the shower every night
just wait, you gotta see this: it gets scary when we stay inside
just wait for it to be here, don’t get ready buddy just sit tight!
just wait
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12. |
Dirt
03:33
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push your pinkened fingers into folds
where flies are lying
where paint is crying off the
last tears of new on the concrete stairs
where i feel your hands wear into your pockets
dapple through
i’ m wound too loose
i could see the rain divide the blistering and young
the bloated and the free and all the towels that we hung
the highway’s spent dakota won
spice-box earth, come get your bags
hair to cut through, & keep with boiling rags
always running, cheered on by the worms
not surrendered, only unconcerned
while i am away leaning baffled in the dirt
tongue pulled out to dry, eyes defending hurt
your fingers on my neck and my spine curled in its sack
finally the outside matches with the back
encrusted herbs all dried till black
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let’s slow down we’re stirring up the silt
that was once beneath our feet, now it swirls around our waist / &wastes
curling into broken rip-ups / ribbons
trailing off
a party like / light this could be good for us
if i could pull your breath right from your fingertips to hang s carves around my neck
hundred finger candles waving / waiting
&you dip yourself outside
under waxy canopy
lets slow dance just before it ends, or maybe this is now real life:
starting when the song is
ending in your car, and i leave to wash the lake water
from my burning skin
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Asher White Providence, Rhode Island
new shoes. birthday is feb 21 2000
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