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The Hunt for Rain
06:12
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I been huntin' rain, she said.
I got cuts and a broken eye socket. I got a smile
no one deserves. I got stains on the inside
(like roadside berries been crushed).
Men, you should have been better.
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2. |
Three Is Confirmation
05:12
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The first time she leaves you, don’t worry.
She just wants to see if you care.
Wait a good week, and then wade in the creek,
and shout her name in the air:
Oh, Sugar.
The next time she leaves you, it’s harder.
She means what she says in her eyes.
But it’s not to late
to learn it’s good works not faith
that raise you up on high.
The third time is trouble.
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3. |
Drawings of Horses
07:39
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At eight, the muscles finally give way.
Drink twelve, I’m at the mouth of the cave.
Come with me, we’ll see just what has been
hollowed out of us.
We’ll give up words, make our noise
unto the dirt, release our gasps
unto the vaulted stone.
And all the bears that love to scrape your heart
will be gone by then.
And all the bears that love to scrape your heart
will be dead by then.
Sugar, I’m not in the hospital, I’m in the cave.
It was just too bright there, and everyone
was just too nice to me.
And I would rather your drawings of horses
be charcoaled on the wall of me.
And I would rather my red palm prints
be way up on the wall of you.
We’ll scent your skin with mandarin.
We’ll braid your hair.
So when morning light calls you back to him,
he won’t be able to tell that you slept there.
And all the bears that love to scrape your heart
are dead by now.
And all their skulls are calcified
and beautiful. And I will love you
in this privacy. I will love you
from this privacy.
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4. |
Yoga vs. Booze
06:12
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All my stupid chairs are broken.
Because I got them off the curb.
Years ago and late into the night.
Waiting for you to come home.
The body itself must be changed
if the mind is to move beyond anxiety.
So here we go, babe, late into the night
with yoga and booze.
You’re going to need a brother
who loves you, doesn’t hit you,
doesn’t touch your girl.
You’re going to need a brother
who doesn’t mind when you’re happy
or far away from his kids.
All my stupid chairs are broken
and I’m still waiting for you to come home.
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5. |
Such Good Friends
04:38
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I made such good friends with the soreness in my neck.
I made such good friends with the cuts in my dumb mouth.
I made such good friends with not talking for days.
I made such good friends with Buffalo manhattans.
It’s so hard to leave them for you.
I made such good friends with the lump in my throat.
I made such good friends with the empty desk in my head.
I made such good friends with the blood on my left hand.
I made such good friends with nowhere to go
that it’s difficult to say goodbye to them.
But I want to say hello to you.
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6. |
Quietus
11:26
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Quietus New York
"There is honest-to-god mystery in this and that's awfully rare these days."
-Whet Bull
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