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A Double Negative
04:31
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Just because it's different
does not make it better,
though there are many metrics of hierarchy.
I was struck dumb and mute,
distracted and confused,
a double negative correctly added up.
For everything that you believe
there's something else with which you disagree
as if the thing you hold to be true
is correct and not mistaken.
mutually exclusive. . .
It slipped behind the shelf,
got swept under the rug,
half of that year with a half-life breaking down.
Think in punctuation,
in run-on sentences,
think in a voice that always gives you good advice.
For everything that you believe
there's something else with which you disagree
as if the thing you hold to be true
is correct and not mistaken.
mutually exclusive. . .
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2. |
Better Judgement
02:48
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I take it back.
I'm making a wish
that you be ok
by the light of your open mind.
I'm saying a prayer,
please please be ok.
Those troubles will be behind us
by the light of our open eyes.
Do I know better every Sunday morning?
Do I know better every Sunday morning?
Do I know better every Sunday morning?
Do I know better every Sunday morning?
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Circumscribe a crescent on the diamond,
playing ball to pass the time.
Not unlike two ships out on the ocean,
beneath there is a current wide.
Like a third base coach, or in morse code I sign:
"Save me two birds so I can set them free."
Every tear you cry is love.
I emulate you in vain.
Why should I make my bed?
I will give you kisses every day.
Like a deaf man with pillow in hand I sign:
"Save me two birds so I can set them free."
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4. |
Running Joke
06:15
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On cruise control,
strapped in,
panoramas broken
by blindspots.
This distance I am driving,
is it worth what I payed?
Health is live it or lose it.
This consumption creates waste.
This distance I am driving,
is it worth what I payed?
Health is live it or lose it.
This consumption creates waste.
Time keeps flying.
The weeks run end.
Do you remember when,
how long it's been since it began?
Just visiting
in an inflated state,
floating,
so full of hot air,
so disidentified, so jealous, so embarrassed,
I felt
like I didn't care.
Stay inside the lines,
sit still.
Forget the last disaster for your own problems.
This distance I am driving,
is it worth what I payed?
Health is live it or lose it.
This consumption creates waste.
This distance I am driving,
is it worth what I payed?
Health is live it or lose it.
This consumption creates waste.
In the rear-view all I see is
my exit
my exit
Sorting through the baggage
I missed it
I missed it
Films of crash tests in slow motion
perfectly
captured
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The items on my floor are a to-do list.
They stay in place until uncovered toward some end.
The day I cleaned my room, I found a finished journal.
I took it to be put away with the others where I keep them.
Opening that drawer. . I opened my old journals.
The air shone clear and flecked with dust. It goes a few years back.
I took it down and am reminded.
The faces I have learned by heart were practiced by hand.
How these plans have come to pass in surprising and obvious ways.
How some ones don't speak to me (any more), and some won't do away.
While looking at these pages I remark.
I've made
I've made
I've made
Some quick and unconsidered decisions.
I have
I have
I have
Some routines of my own description.
I know
I know
What I know is somewhere between fact and fiction.
I learn
I learn
I learn the hard way.
How these plans have come to pass in surprising and obvious ways.
How some ones don't speak to me (any more), and some won't do away.
How these plans have come to pass in surprising and obvious ways.
How some ones don't speak to me (any more), and some won't do away.
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6. |
KJS
06:34
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A little birdy
said to me
"bye."
In the sky deeply,
above everything,
she took flight.
"Put it bluntly.
Say what you mean.
Always mean what you say."
She was easy to be around as fresh air.
I'm not sure if she was for real.
Still, I could just go out on a limb and fall.
The difference between
fur and hair
is subtle as your shadow as you ignore the fence.
Little birdy, I don't know if I could always let you go.
"Put it bluntly.
Say what you mean.
Always mean what you say."
I'm not sure if she was for real.
Still, I could just go out on a limb and fall.
Let me take apart
this cage of my need for approval.
Let me take apart
this cage.
Let me disassemble.
Let me allow.
She was easy to be around as fresh air.
I'm not sure if she was for real.
Still, I could just go out on a limb and fall.
I could just go out on a limb and fall.
I could just go out on a limb and fall.
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7. |
Capacity
05:24
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If you wake up grumpy,
I am holding on.
Like these bones I grow intently,
I will nourish you until you're in the light of day.
We will arrive together
like an animal skull,
cleaned and on display,
jagged curves and coupled pieces.
I will be there.
What do you think?
I want to know.
I don't care if you like it.
Breathe deep and open calmly.
Stand tall and walk on your feet.
Believe in your capacity.
I want you to feel free.
Believe in your capacity.
As bad as you can be.
Believe in your capacity.
Stand tall and walk on your feet.
Believe in your capacity.
We can go and see your friends.
Let's all go play.
Chest and back propel the wing.
Birds build a nest up in the tree.
Birds live out in the open.
Like a feather
elaborating light,
fanning waves into the air.
I will lift you up.
What do you think?
I want to know.
I don't care if you like it.
Breathe deep and open calmly.
Believe in your capacity.
Stand tall and walk on your feet.
Believe in your capacity.
I want you to feel free.
Believe in your capacity.
As bad as you can be.
Believe in your capacity.
Stand tall and walk on your feet.
Believe in your capacity.
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