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plague
03:07
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i saw a man crawl out of the pile
his eyes were red and as fake as his smile
his teeth were fangs and his words were the plague
i don't believe him and i'm not afraid
oh to fly above
the cretins and all of their politics
i have the best friends around
they never leave me dead on the ground
they let me cry all over their clothes
i hope they die after they get old
oh you don't understand
the qualities that we are dealing with
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fences
03:51
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the queen of rain and snow is always watching
she’s so enlightened it must be so exhausting
i want to stay here
you want to go
you’re building fences
and nobody even knows
the priestess wakes up singing funeral songs
she’s so inviting it must be so exciting
try to see the top of the water
i can't believe i'm bottoming out again
i want to stay here
you want to go
you’re building fences
and nobody even knows
i want to stay here
you want to leave
you’re building fences
with brutalist honesty
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unsilent
05:18
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beside me
you're silent
no one wants to hear
you tell yourself
beside me
you're solid
you never take our time
you're not allowed
come on come on
you pull your hair back
hold your head up
graceful fingers
shape the air around
you start to shout
a healing sound
you start to shout
come on come on
unsilent
you're holy
exactly what we need
you start to shout
a healing sound
you start to shout
come on come on
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gone
09:22
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i came home and the house was dark
i could tell that something was wrong
i can still remember the sound that the door made
i can see the dust that was floating in our space
please don't leave
don't be gone from us
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angles
02:49
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i’m voting for a woman
with or without transition
jump in the canoe
i don’t know what to do
hunting and fake affronting
let’s go to miami
we are all inhuman
clawing through dirt
and hurting
someone else to chew
when your mouth is askew
confronting baby bunting
let’s go to miami
all this time you were trying to lie
there were angels in your head
all this time you were trying to hide
there were angles in your head
get up get up fall down
get up get up fall down
get over
get up fall down
get over it
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discriminant
04:37
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in the woods today
i saw a flash of blue and red and black
and i knew it was you
i tried to take a picture
is this the place
where you have been hidden
or hiding
or dying
if you won’t end this then i will
memories of the worst time
such unpromising material
this sudden indulgence
calling out in many folding voices
is this the place
where you have been hidden
or hiding
or dying
if you won’t end this then i will
so breathe in deep
breathe in deep
memories of the worst time
such unpromising material
this sudden indulgence
calling out in many folding voices
the wrong people making the wrong choices
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barely
05:02
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right on you’re running
i think you mean it
you’ll be a good cover
for somebody’s son
i’ll be a spent bullet
from the back of your gun
the kids are glowing
this yard is haunted
when you look at me
i'm only scribbled in
now the kids are hiding
and trying to blend in
but don’t come back here
i will move on
you will not bury me
though i am barely
it’s a new year now
it’s been a decade
and change
you'll be a good faker
with one foot awake
i will be a bad dream
when you sleep through the day
so hold my hand and
let’s jump the fence
the pool is closed but
we’re in the deep end
handmaids and hurricanes
unbridled ideation
everyone is leaving
the breadcrumbs around
i wish they’d quit helping
and just let me drown
so don’t come back here
i will move on
you will not bury me
though i am barely
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walkonahead
04:00
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settle up now
you’ve got a little time
don’t be afraid
it’s all been leading up to this
walk on ahead
i’ll be beside you
i’ll be everywhere
slowly unfurl our flag
and wrap yourself up in it
they told you it was a disease
but we know better
your attention goes where it needs to go
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mulch
06:00
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washing your feet
while the sun comes up
before we walk
before we jump
into the river
my heart
is a crane
my lungs
are blue herons
breathe in
or breathe out
you lean in
and oh your soul will soar
our bodies become
bread for the trees
become the fruit
become the seeds
we all break down
someone has to be
on the bridge
when it collapses
gently down
before we fall
into the river
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