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I've been here a year, A miserable year. The lease expires next month And then I won't have to sit Here in this alleyway Anymore. Of course, if on the day I get to move out some psychopath, Like the ones you hear about, Decides to firebomb this whole ****** building I should like only to sit and listen. From the warping of linoleum To the light off the tile, I would sit on the threadbare And subscribe to the dance of Sugarplum atoms. They spit and sparkle Like children and stars, respectively, And give me something to do. I've been here a year, A miserable year, On the corner of Walnut and Greer. Under cloudbanks of ceiling, I've been without being, Been seared without being a seer.
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Jun 7, 2010
Jun 7, 2010 at 10:36 AM UTC
Upon a Fire Escape
I've been here a year, A miserable year. The lease expires next month And then I won't have to sit Here in this alleyway Anymore. Of course, if on the day I get to move out some psychopath, Like the ones you hear about, Decides to firebomb this whole ****** building I should like only to sit and listen. From the warping of linoleum To the light off the tile, I would sit on the threadbare And subscribe to the dance of Sugarplum atoms. They spit and sparkle Like children and stars, respectively, And give me something to do. I've been here a year, A miserable year, On the corner of Walnut and Greer. Under cloudbanks of ceiling, I've been without being, Been seared without being a seer.
© Cody Edwards 2010
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Jun 7, 2010
Jun 7, 2010 at 10:36 AM UTC
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