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relaxing shower?

the sounds are there, they come through walls

right around the corner

they're not visual, they're miserable and in need

they're equal opportunity exhibitionists

lovers of a family get together, taking everything in

parasitic and aware, destitute and stuck

but they're also there at the wrong time

the wrong time for the person who's alone

the wrong time for a person who's disconnected

because they want to be enjoying peace and quiet

alone

by themselves in an old house

with summer outside making its noises, crickets

trees rustling under a jeweled sky, the pinnacle of up high

breathing in the home air of cannibus, lotion and food

being disturbed is far from a thought, but unavoidable

simultaneously

because the house has a strange history

the basement floods, and the machinery kicks in

the mind ponders as the constellations wander

the nights grow and shrink, the body is dry, bone dry

the shower is turned on, soap, shampoo

lost in the mind on autopilot

until the spine stiffens

its without a doubt that I'm not alone now

a minute ago i was the master of this house

a minute ago I was naked in the hallway, smoking a cigar

now I've been usurped and I just want to barricade myself

in this house that I've live in for 15 years, now i beg for permission

to stay just one more night

I beg because how could I possibly fight

It's my conscious or the pontius pilate

I hope it's the former, because if not, blowout the pilot light

There's little hope for re-ignition or stellar recognition

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alexander-nelson
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Mar 29, 2012
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