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"Aye, he salted the man's drink, I say! And he's hardly a man yet– O' barely a man to be. I seen it with my own eyes today! And he's but a young boy yet– what sickness that mind must be. The drink was salt'd and stirred, I say! What other means would lead him out to that bay house to stay? He salted the man's drink– drinks be all salt'd   and   stirred." *Man, oh, man– Boy was salt'd and grey! What a night! She's disturbed. All be hazy: drunken, kissed, and grey sway– Nights spent a'lustin' for bodies. Dusts in bloom.* On   the   water. Moon's hung high! Owls be all a'hootin'! And what a night the 'verse had borne along that moth-grey lake. Lovers be howlin'! Wolves' be a'shootin'! And what a still they did find drifting 'cross that old, proud lake. All the whispers went said– the touches, done. Near-nuzzlin' in the bay house– Some men do split this way, son. Can you feel it through them overcast skies? I    feel  starlight. *Yea, some days do drag on all through some nights. Some nights I swear that I never knew you– That you never knew me. O' but nostalgia does defeat me.* Dust   in    bloom. I tell you: I could love you nightly. Take me to that dock, that lake– O' let's count them stars for nights. Stars all a'clouded shone so brightly. **** in the water. Skins have got me searchin' for them sights. Darling, I was born on the water! O' itching for bent teeth. O' to feel what this heart has felt. O' sleepless *** Manic cohesion.
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Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 6:23 AM UTC
Born On the Water
"Aye, he salted the man's drink, I say! And he's hardly a man yet– O' barely a man to be. I seen it with my own eyes today! And he's but a young boy yet– what sickness that mind must be. The drink was salt'd and stirred, I say! What other means would lead him out to that bay house to stay? He salted the man's drink– drinks be all salt'd   and   stirred." *Man, oh, man– Boy was salt'd and grey! What a night! She's disturbed. All be hazy: drunken, kissed, and grey sway– Nights spent a'lustin' for bodies. Dusts in bloom.* On   the   water. Moon's hung high! Owls be all a'hootin'! And what a night the 'verse had borne along that moth-grey lake. Lovers be howlin'! Wolves' be a'shootin'! And what a still they did find drifting 'cross that old, proud lake. All the whispers went said– the touches, done. Near-nuzzlin' in the bay house– Some men do split this way, son. Can you feel it through them overcast skies? I    feel  starlight. *Yea, some days do drag on all through some nights. Some nights I swear that I never knew you– That you never knew me. O' but nostalgia does defeat me.* Dust   in    bloom. I tell you: I could love you nightly. Take me to that dock, that lake– O' let's count them stars for nights. Stars all a'clouded shone so brightly. **** in the water. Skins have got me searchin' for them sights. Darling, I was born on the water! O' itching for bent teeth. O' to feel what this heart has felt. O' sleepless *** Manic cohesion.
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brad-lambert
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Mar 3, 2014
Mar 3, 2014 at 6:23 AM UTC
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