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“No One’s Waiting Up For Me Tonight”
The kids sound like cats
And the cats sound like weather
I could listen all night
It never gets better
It’s like I’m looking for a bell to ring
Tied to my bed
When the war started over
Thought we’d figure things out
But we only got older
And horrified at everything
No distraction
From our dreams, denied
No one’s waiting up for me tonight
Palms to my thighs
All that boiler room breathing
Easy closing my eyes
Harder believing
I’m always listening for birds to sing
God transmissions
Through my higher mind
No one’s waiting up for me tonight
Transformations, imitating life
No one’s waiting up for me tonight
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“I’ve Never Been Happier Than I Was In That Picture”
Desert in August
Easel and a bowl of oranges
Head cocked in your ivory bralette
I felt alive
Endless & bottomless
Everything I ever wanted
Could almost touch it through the turbulence
Hand in the hive
War correspondence
Strawberry scripture
I’ve never been happier
Than I was in that picture
Heat wave in Brooklyn
Shoeless, waltzing through the fountain
Kissing for the camera, melting
Stuck side to side
Floored by my fortune
I had finally found the person
I never cared what we were doing
I was full
I was fine
My Alexandra
Your lion’s been injured
I’ve never been happier
Than I was
Carousel memory
Cruelly defined
Coconut, sandalwood
Swimming at night
Curls & your flower dress
Smiled & cried
“I got my birthday wish:
You, every time.”
One way to freedom:
Thank and forgive her
Cuz you’d never been happier than you were in that picture
It happened
It’s over
I love ya
I miss ya
And I’ll never be happier than I was in that picture
And I’ll never be happier than I was
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Taking Shape
04:02
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“Taking Shape”
In the dentist’s chair
Waiting on the lightning bolt
Metal machine music
Ringing my conductor skull
Thinking on your counsel:
“Nest no wounded bird.
Mind your hero complex.
Mine never really worked.
It only brought me trouble.
It only gave me hurt.
But I don’t really have the right to say.
Everybody’s different;
I’m the same.
You stumble in the dark,
Forget your place,
End up this way.”
Tickling the trigger
Artless at the hive
Crashing around, tonedeaf
Daring you to die
Mumbling, “I love you,”
Coughing bloody yolk
Threading a minefield, blind
Angry, and I didn’t know
I could spit so spiteful
I could cut so clean
So I don’t even have the right to say
Anything is different;
I’m the same
Fronting through the part
with a straight face
Wired this way
Moved in meditation
Comfort in the current course
Watching regret and shame
Alchemize to wise remorse
Today I’m done escaping
Tomorrow I reserve the right
To splinter the peace accord
Kill it with my despot mind
Floating toward a channel
Narrow but it’s clear
I don’t even have the right to say
I understand what’s “different” or “the same”
Standing at your door
I’m taking shape
Working away
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Lakes On The Moon
04:40
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All There Is Now
04:18
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