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from the silence above by chorus house

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take the longest way
carry your squints in a sack
and walk to the offering
and when the wooden wall splits
hopefully i'll see you and hopefully you'll be wearing
another man's shirt
or a cloud
but the wall won't split
if we are both leaning in the same spot
i'll swing a chair around while i wait
and the legs will go flying off in to the neighbor's yard
and they'll stand up to monument how patient i am

put the holly in a fostered tin
bake the honey and just pile it in
you're teaching me about violence
you tell me to fight lightly
to be what I invented

Don't mock the spirits by opening the shades
or guessing where you will end up
leave the melon on the counter
and that red bench on your porch
i knocked over that stack of books when i left
you like to listen to adults
a great deal
and i'll be calm as i watch you with another man
why would i stare into a lamp that didn't glow yellow?
i'll throw myself in to the naked man
and i'll stand up to monument the sparseness in bloom

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from the silence above, released July 27, 2012

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