July 22, 2012

• Songs I sing

  Lines I’ve been apt to sing recently.

  And I wasted another year waiting for the words. For things to be more clear. And now I’m so afraid if I find the words to say, have I lost you anyway?

  And if my parents are crying, then I’ll dig a tunnel from my window to yours.

  Only love is all maroon; gluey feathers on the flume.

  Can someone please call a surgeon who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart?

  No mountains to climb, papers to sign. Offer your heart, I’ve given you mine.

  We set out from home early one morning. We, my love and me, walking along. We, birds and the bees, trees of the forest,w e started as one, something went wrong, we ended alone.

  You make me new, you are making me new.

  Our stepmom we did everything to hate her, she brought us down to the edge of Decatur.

  Put it out there, ask for it. Adamantly passionate, with a fist in the air like an activist, y’all need a little bit of happiness.

  Does anyone recognize any of these? What have you been singing?

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