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The hill tops are far enough away That you never hold your hands to the window But you’re secretly hoping they’ll grab you, run Under tables and over the green couch of the Woman standing alone at the window On a snowy day, so go But always come back again Your body is made of half hearted attempts at Scrubbing tiles and then ripping them out To lay new boards, to secure every crack Adhesives and bubble wrap You’ll need it when you’re moving everywhere Shaking like a leaf So place the tiles back together As if nothing had ever rotted in here Armed to the teeth with excuses Still looking for answers Yet calling it useless Stop fighting and leaning on your crutch But i want to get off this ride It’s costing far too much And I’m not interested in luck So I breathe quietly as we leave the hospital Because I should have known better And instead of less, you have become More than can be stomached You take up space like a deer at the crest of Grass beside the edge of the highway And you just want to turn into this beautiful person So she can get her money’s worth This beautiful animal It wraps around a telephone pole As if it were just sleeping on the curb Baby nausea, baby ***** baby lay down on the pavement And when you close your eyes It’s nothing but the gentle imprint Blades of grass leave on your skin The bones are barbed The organs are on display We don’t make mistakes here We just slip about the day I refuse to look directly at headlights
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Feb 10, 2013
Feb 10, 2013 at 10:47 PM UTC
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The hill tops are far enough away That you never hold your hands to the window But you’re secretly hoping they’ll grab you, run Under tables and over the green couch of the Woman standing alone at the window On a snowy day, so go But always come back again Your body is made of half hearted attempts at Scrubbing tiles and then ripping them out To lay new boards, to secure every crack Adhesives and bubble wrap You’ll need it when you’re moving everywhere Shaking like a leaf So place the tiles back together As if nothing had ever rotted in here Armed to the teeth with excuses Still looking for answers Yet calling it useless Stop fighting and leaning on your crutch But i want to get off this ride It’s costing far too much And I’m not interested in luck So I breathe quietly as we leave the hospital Because I should have known better And instead of less, you have become More than can be stomached You take up space like a deer at the crest of Grass beside the edge of the highway And you just want to turn into this beautiful person So she can get her money’s worth This beautiful animal It wraps around a telephone pole As if it were just sleeping on the curb Baby nausea, baby ***** baby lay down on the pavement And when you close your eyes It’s nothing but the gentle imprint Blades of grass leave on your skin The bones are barbed The organs are on display We don’t make mistakes here We just slip about the day I refuse to look directly at headlights
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Feb 10, 2013
Feb 10, 2013 at 10:47 PM UTC
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