March 2021
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Spinning.
I wished on a shooting star in Greenlandbut was sad to findjust a lump of rock in the iceAnd the lead in my pencil splinteredwasn’t strong as I thoughtand my wish was lost … Because blue blue berries are as blueas New New jersey is the garden stateand you you can call it what you…
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Speaking Louder Now.
Angels never whisper when they’re drunk And they’re never honest when they’re sober They open up their heart when they are heartless And hide behind the ramparts when they are sober And those angels will refrain from noting beauty And they will refrain from noting harm I bet those angels remark upon my beauty The…
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Sorry If.
written and first recorded for FAWM 2016 Wait WaitThat is not what I said to you Well WellIt’s what I said but you missed the tone Yeah YeahIt’s the tone but the context’s wrong Wait WaitI guess you got it right all along I’m sorry ifI’m sorry if you’re mad Wait wait waitWho said I…
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Slight Departure.
I know I should not leave something’s caught me by the collar but oh what a kiss could mean it’s departure with a promise My fellow passengers are discontent the FAA has much to say it’s too much baggage anyway Pull me out of line and have your way with me Throw me back again…
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Simile Blue.
I’m as free as a bird’s wing nailed to the ground. I’m as light as a feather weighed down. Coat me in lead, I’m a statue – I will nest among the gold leaf, small and brown. Blue. Blue. Blue. They say there are lakes you can’t see across. They say it’s the place birds…
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Silent Little Bells.
Into a hole in the cold, cold ground on a grey, grey day Into a hole, down, down-soft place for us to lay I buried us in a secret place none will go Bluebells in the field, the only wreath we’ll ever know. No churchyard will ever hold our sad, sad sin No coin of…
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Sever.
You push me up against a wall undress me like I was your own pants first, no hesitation, all this with our shirts still on I want to walk on out but your bedroom voice makes me just want you more and this guilty conscience seems secondary to being alone here on the floor I…
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Selkie.
I played 6 strings to the harbour,in 6 foot waves, the music crept…and she stared at nothingfrom another 6 strings…but there’s a tower here,that I’ll knock down,I’ll bulldoze it straight to the ground.No pain here, no war, no decoration.I know it’s not quite you’re style. I ask,“Did you ever fall for someone of this stage?Did…
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Secret Surgery.
I hear there’s a secret surgery To cut all I ate right back out of me You know it’d finally let me be free I’d let them dive right in I hear there’s a secret surgery To cut all this want right out of me I could have it all or not have enough And…
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Seat.
This house is falling downyou took the fire when you went outleft the tables and the silverwareBut what’s it matter if no one’s there? They’ve given me this warningso young and my bones so thinand what when I can’t tent the skinwho will come home to me then? This will always be your houseeven if…