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Composition
03:43
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this is the way I crack all my bones
this is the place where a disc hit my nose
this is a knuckle swollen from cold
this is the bruise where I took in the blow
here is my throat, smoother than yours
an apple that feels like a stone
and it bobs when you speak, I finger the node
and feel the word take course
and you’ll never know the body you own
until it starts to fight back
and when I’ve been held by hands fully grown
I’ll know what I meant by that
went off to school, I gained and I lost
and I got a sense of self
that I wrapped up in jeans all tight at the seams
and choking at the belt
and I loosed all my needs, it was anarchy
and it looked like anatomy class
all those organs and bones, a skeleton home
built to be collapsed
and you’ll never know the body you own
until it starts to fade
and when I’ve been hollowed and turned into loam
I’ll grow into a tree for someone else’s shade
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2. |
A Moving Castle
03:19
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there’s a loss in moving cities
see it coming down like rain
all the older plants repotted
all the saplings washed away
and the pains of growing fleeting
spreading thin and unattached from
a premature uprooting
by the mudslides and the flash floods
told them this was gonna make you
and they wanted you to go
and you loved them for the season
and they loved you for your growth
there’s a thunder in your heartbeat
keeping everything in time
all the particles compressing
in your lungs and in your mind
and the storm that makes you restless
is a necessary strain
there’s a loss in moving cities
see it coming down like rain
told them this was gonna make you
and they wanted you to go
and you loved them for the season
and they loved you for your growth
you told them this was gonna make you
so they wanted you to go
and you loved them for the season
and you always will, you know
and they loved you for your growth
and they loved you for your growth
and they loved you for your growth
and they always will, you know
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3. |
Flower Girl
03:59
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a family of ten and all of them sing
father’s quite the army man
move the homeschool, move the mother
Christian convert from Japan
and when their firstborn daughter joined the convent
she took the choir with her
drew a staff with shaky hands
dotted it with notes
singing glory, grace of God
my bones are tight, my cheeks unlined
but I’ll never be cold
she was a flower, but they called her Hannah
a song her miracle son
but if she sang outside the abbey
call her the prodigal one
and when the Holy Spirit came to take her
he raised a holy fist
drew a staff with shaky hands
dotted it with hope
singing glory, grace of God
your bones are tight, your cheeks unlined
but you’ll never be alone
she the hungry had ceased to hunger
the mighty bowed a broken tune
she taught the nuns to sing John Rutter
in an anechoic room
and when her seven siblings think about her
a prayer upon their lips
Holy Father and the Son
keep our sister close
mercy, grace of God
our sister thin, our daily sin
we want her home
bring her home
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4. |
Jasmine Tea
03:35
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jasmine tea and thunderstorms
I waited for a sign of motivation
to pick my eyes off from the ceiling
where I left them laying around
all the dust I should’ve vacuumed
all the worries, waiting
let it settle, let it pass
and I’ll try to keep from breathing
mercury said I’ll be fine
I’ll believe it if it’s online
read Ozeki while I’m texting
learn JBrekkie on guitar
everybody wants the
Spiritus Mitski
but nobody, nobody wants me
when things fall apart
you don’t know me
I don’t know you
let’s pretend we do
you don’t know me
I don’t know you
let’s pretend that we do
just four letters and a wing
I’m a dead bird singing
pin me with an archetype
and let me taste a little
life is very long
and I have lost my appetite
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5. |
Believe Me
04:32
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to a woman I have never met
someone said I looked like you
and that makes me feel a kind of debt that I cannot repay
though I feel bad about it
from the pictures he let slip through the cracks online
you have my eyes
and you’re mixed, so am I
maybe that’s why, all things considered, I made it out alright
and if I told you
would you believe me
and if you read what I wrote, you would hate him too
believe me
someone said you went through with the wedding
are you happier now
than if I said
that what he did to her wasn’t singular
what he did to them
just a feeling, just needed a ride
don’t wanna assume
a bruise of a man seeking empathy
a two-sided coin where his mouth should be
your name an excuse or a betting streak
when he has none to lose
so if I told you
would you believe me
and if you read what I wrote, you would hate him too
believe me
someone said that you went through with the wedding
are you happier now
than if I said
that what he did to her wasn’t singular
what he did to them
I’ll think of you instead of hating him
in another life, you are my friend
and no one got hurt
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6. |
Physical Therapy
03:50
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torn up knee, crutches for weeks
but what I’m repairing is lack of feeling
years pass, I’m still dealing with the impact
of both injuries
give me grief, give me oxy
I feel everything and nothing at all
I am cycling
and it’s physical, what I know I need
nothing touching, only icing
physical therapy
nothing touching, hold me nicely
physical, know I need
nothing touching, only icing
physical therapy
nothing touching, paralyze me
read a poem that said
desire is not the train but the busker
a music so sweet you hope for delay
and I waited
auditory stimulation
enterprising, entertaining
isometric exercises
an incision, I decided
I could travel on my own and
stood up straight and stood up swollen
gave my change, boarded last
braced for pain at departure
it never came, never left
and it’s physical, what I know I need
nothing touching, only icing
physical therapy
nothing touching, hold me nicely
physical, know I need
nothing touching, only icing
physical therapy
nothing touching, paralyze me
physical, analyze me
hope you like me
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7. |
Settle
03:35
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feeling faded quickly when I went outside
fifteen below freezing, and it seems
the snow just might be sticking around this time
should’ve come prepared
settle down, settle in
you know these things take time
and I’m nothing if not a patient friend
to everyone but me
I never learned to layer, never claimed the city
just flew in a day or two ago
and I just wanna lay down and pay out all my debts
so my body will accept a new home
settle down and settle in
you know these things take time
and I’m nothing if not a patient friend
to everyone but me
settle, settle
settle for a while
I owe nothing
to anyone but me
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8. |
Shin Splints
03:27
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it’s heating up, hair is falling out again
while we compare bruises
used to be magazines in the store, now it’s
in our hands when we tire of being human
phone a friend, said she forgot to eat all day
treat it like a movie, maybe it’s cute we’re too busy living
and I wear a scar like it cuts me to the core
like it makes me something more than someone who fell down
I can’t stand it when I’m perfectly fine
picked a hill and started running
took the sting of sunscreen in my eye
if I’m sore, it must be doing something
when I’m with someone, buying warm lightbulbs
I could forget myself
but something deprecating brings me back into my body
how could you say that about yourself
and I wanna beat you with my flaws
until you take it back
I can’t stand it when I’m perfectly fine
picked a hill and started running
took the sting of sunscreen in my eye
if I’m sore, it must be doing something
always trying not to be that guy
who cares too much about the win
so I’ll do nothing from the sideline
all this guilt is really giving me shin splints
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9. |
Fair Trade
03:35
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the coffee smells like wild cherries this morning
the other half of a pact to try again has left
kissed my head and exited before the sifting
aromatic blend begins to set
I offered all the best of what I cooked last week
but the working day is breaking fast, you waved goodbye
when caring was a currency, we paid the cost of giving up
when silence was a felony, I did my time
second chances, silver line
a glancing blow, swinging wide
undeserved and undefined
understanding why
the well-acquainted pressure of a coming headache
pull out my ponytail and caffeinate me quick, another pick me up
to repopulate my brain with serotonin
a rewarming of the pot, my heart a microwaving cup
second chances, silver line
a glancing blow, swinging wide
undeserved and undefined
understanding why
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10. |
Sublet for the Summer
03:00
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I’m floating again
I’ve been on this lazy river so long, I see the moon
inner life, inner tube
staring down the pipeline, nothing steady, nothing new
standing water
I should call her
it’s temporary
just a sublet for the summer, intern lover, one-night stand
extemporary
by the time I’ve started one thing, I’m moving to the next
standing water
I should call her
so easy to ignore
so easy to be pulled toward
what’s done that has been done
I’ve felt it all before
standing water
I should call her
listless daughter
I should call her
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11. |
Lilia
04:09
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don’t cry honey, it’s such a waste
of the water that makes up a body
if a tree can sag under its own weight
you know you’re only bringing yourself down
there’s a time to cry, there’s a time to be blue
don’t you ever fear that I don’t see in you
all the things I know that you want me to
your hurt, your good, your grace
Lilia
Lilia
phone lines and fall breaks
I’ll fill the space of Lilia
give it up lady, he’s putting on a show
telling you to sit down and silence your phone
he’ll never notice, oh he’ll never know
how you’ll call me at the encore
I’m in the wings of the theater
a machine made of pulleys carries me to you
there’s a trapdoor and an orchestra
and I wake at the violin
but it’s your ringtone
and it’s 2 AM
Lilia
Lilia
Lilia
Lilia
phone lines and fall breaks
I’ll fill the space
Facebook and birthdays
I’ll fill the space
some things never change
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Neko Kā Brooklyn, New York
musicians meeting in the cloud, recording remotely for now.
our first album out now! 🐱🚗
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