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Moon
04:51
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I see the luminous moon
She tells me go
Lose your heavy clothes
Cut your hair at night
My edges dissolve
I lose order
But I like it
I can't think clearly
I can't be part of polite society
But I'm fevered
And I spew colour and sound and words
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Silver
04:18
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I can't help you
I don't know how
I'm just one person and
you're bleeding me dry,
bleeding me dry
Your tongue drips silver
I'm just so tired
Its not your fault but
I can't stay here, no
I can't stay here.
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3. |
God-Fist
06:18
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When I close my eyes I see god: a sacred linen
In earthen greens and reddish browns and creamy neutrals.
The folded fabric billows forward on the clothesline.
Endless folds, soft and sturdy, draped over my bed.
If I, if I, if I ever tell you that I met God
You should, you should, you should know that I'm telling you the truth.
Amidst the folds a hand emerges tracing patterns
Onto my shoulder-blade, a sigil being crafted.
A light that sears and burns and tears me up comes forward.
The hand inserts itself into a darkened cavity.
If I, if I, if I ever tell you that I met God
You should, you should, you should know that I'm telling you the truth.
The cause of smallish death I speak tongues to get closer.
Filled beyond what I thought possible with your grace.
Eyes rolled back leaving this earthly plane for a moment.
I returned inspired having tasted your divinity.
If I, if I, if I ever tell you that I met God
You should, you should, you should know that I'm telling you the truth.
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4. |
Fall Apart
05:41
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If I fall apart will you hate me?
If I don't make any work will you pay me?
If I disintegrate what will happen
To my body
To my body?
Do I exist if I don't weave my web?
I don't see myself in photos am I only in my head?
If I don't put my image out am I as good as dead?
Am I here?
Do you see me?
Change your direction
To match the flow of the river
You know the river flows because
It is bound on both sides
You know the river flows because
Of the tilt of the land
You know the river flows because
Nothing on earth is
Truly straight
No right angles
No Even ground
Bend to the will of the cycle you have no choice
The sun will always circle the sky you can't change that
You can't swallow the sun you can't bury the moon
All we can do is
Track the patterns
Observe the cycles
And listen to the soft sound of river silt
Hitting the bow of our canoe
If I fall apart will you hate me?
If I don't make any work will you pay me?
If I disintegrate what will happen
To my body
To my body?
Do I exist if I don't weave my web?
I don't see myself in photos am I only in my head?
If I don't put my image out am I as good as dead?
Am I here?
Do you see me?
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5. |
Glow
04:12
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I know you're bioluminescent
Something true and beautiful leaking
Emanating with your soft exhale,
I'd like to watch you glow.
Some beings blink their lights to send signals,
But yours is a steady lantern
Leading us deeper into corpse pose.
I'd like to watch you glow.
Expecting the worst we're unprepared
For when we end up surviving,
Is longevity a gift or curse,
I'd like to watch you glow.
Prepared for death we live with purpose
Everything alive decomposes
Fungi and microbes death teems with life
I'd like to watch you glow.
I'd like to watch you glow
(I see your face light up and then I know)
I'd like to watch you glow
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6. |
River
03:14
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How nice it would be to crawl into the river and
Let it engulf me, and let it carry me, and
Let it surround me in it's cool waters
As I sink and then I blow along the bottom
And I find my way to the sea
In my head or a more magical world
I would just float along in it's cool current
And be able to relax and sleep,
And be able to relax and sleep.
How nice would it be to escape my bleak mind?
Open up my skull and leak everywhere?
I could melt into the pavement, into the manhole and the street
I could dust over everything, if I wasn't chained to me.
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7. |
Burn and Freeze
05:12
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Burn your twenties for heat or you'll freeze
The icy cold will bring you to your knees
And you'll die, young and delirious, under the canopy of stars
Burn your twenties for heat or you'll freeze.
Burn your thoughts for heat or you'll freeze
The icy cold will bring you to your knees
And you'll die, dumb and delirious, under the canopy of stars
Burn your thoughts for heat or you'll freeze.
Burn, burn, burn
Burn your twenties away
Burn your youth for fuel
Because you're freezing
Burn, burn, burn
Burn all your ideas
Burn your thoughts for fuel
Because you're freezing
Burn your body for heat or you'll freeze
The icy cold will bring you to your knees
And you'll die, sick and delirious, under the canopy of stars
Burn your body for heat or you'll freeze.
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Trainwreck
04:30
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If this train derails,
Maybe they'll never know
How I held your head in my lap
Newspapers won't comment on
The softness of your body while you sleep
Maybe they won't talk about
How you dropped your hand
From the top berth,
And I held it, squeezed
To let you know you aren't alone
But these actions send ripples
And if this train derails,
Our love will dissipate
And settle like dust
Into the trees and sidewalks
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bird feet Dawson, Yukon
I rolled out of a nest fully formed
I live in Dawson City
kimmyedgar@gmail.com
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