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I placed the sheet music against my side The hot iron of the notes beat their way inside Every strike of the mallet crushing it’s way in Such a sad song, what a terrible tune It hung in the pit of my stomach Held by the fluttering of two song birds Both with wings plucked from their bodies They read aloud the music like an anthem Knew every tap in the ivory and stroke of the clock I dream now with earmuffs, Anything to lay to rest their somber songs Watch the ceiling as it spins and shakes The eggshell cracking with every blink in the night I’ve forgotten what it is to breath, the taste of a sunlit shoulder, All I do now is play audience to their noise No longer can I even hear my voice
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Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016 at 11:56 PM UTC
earmuff
I placed the sheet music against my side The hot iron of the notes beat their way inside Every strike of the mallet crushing it’s way in Such a sad song, what a terrible tune It hung in the pit of my stomach Held by the fluttering of two song birds Both with wings plucked from their bodies They read aloud the music like an anthem Knew every tap in the ivory and stroke of the clock I dream now with earmuffs, Anything to lay to rest their somber songs Watch the ceiling as it spins and shakes The eggshell cracking with every blink in the night I’ve forgotten what it is to breath, the taste of a sunlit shoulder, All I do now is play audience to their noise No longer can I even hear my voice
Tupelo
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Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016 at 11:56 PM UTC
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