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Lying alone in my room with my iPod

Cord threaded up my arm, circling my throat

One phone in my ear, the other dangling off the bed

Spitting half of a song out into the stale air

The shapes dripping out, piling on the floor, unheard and forgotten.

All I see is the grey shadow cast by the fan on the ceiling,

Blades reaching out like crepuscular rays.

Crepuscular. That's your word of the day.

Look it up yourself. I don't feel like moving.

My apathy is too heavy,

Taking up too much space, 

Its chasms pushing against

Lungs barely expanding enough to allow new air inside.

Beneath the weight, deep in that dark, my heart is a canary,

Tiny ribcage gasping,

Lost in the black,

The song suffocated out of me.

Stutter

you are so sweet

so sweet

dancin and movin to that beat

that beat

the boys and the girls watch each other eat 

but they really just want to watch each other

SOLO

broken bits of music

broken broken

stuttering skipping

skipping cd

sipping tea 

but it's herbal, don't worry

the boys and girls watch each other eat

but they really just want to watch each other sleep

you are so sweet

but i just had to leave

broken broken

stuttering words

skipping along the edge of the sidewalk

avoid the cracks

the people

altogether

there's a meat market down the street

the boys and girls watch each other eat

but they really just want to

i saw your eyes

they asked a question

it wasn't mine

i didn't answer

too many things are broken so i leave the silence intact

-effe ves ent la ghte

Inspired by Ivory

You're the salt in the ocean
The sun on my skin
You're the sage on red cliffs
and the faces within

You're the sweetest herbal tea
You're the will to my way
You're the gaps in my memory
You're the bloodhound's deep bay

You're my most favorite
The goodnight to my moon
You're the sunshine after rain in April
You're the Johnny to my June

You're the books in my library
The hero to my story
He's fighting, he's flying
Sword flashing in light
All odds against him
Surrounded by flame
But one can't help but love him
And know he'll win just the same

I will keep on trying
Because you're all I want
I don't mind falling
Because you'll pick me up
Love is fear
But it must be faced
A world without you
Is a much worse fate

I'm happier than a clam
just being your pearl
More free than a pirate
with you as my world
You're dark chocolate cadbury
You're the bubbles to my bath
You're a mormon game of poker
and I'm losing fast

Your heavy shoes are easier to call boots
You're one country song I know all of the words to
You're the unresolved notes that characterize jazz
Asking an unknown question that everyone understands

If passion is poison, I'm dying by degrees
You're a brand new box of Betty Crocker brownies
You're the dream when I wake that I can't describe, can't explain,
can't really remember but want to return to anyways

I will keep on loving you
Because I can't forget
I don't mind falling
I already did when we met
Love is fear
But it must be faced
A world without you
Is a much worse fate

I wish we'd never age
I wish I slept better
I wish we were rich
but I guess we are when we're together
You're more than I deserve

If you're Abraham Lincoln
then I'm your hat
Famous for being yours
no more or less than that
No war we can't endure

A ruler, a law,
the final last straw
Pretending no defeat
but people fighting in the streets
You're the spark of a revolution
The glow of Olympic fire
The march hare to my madness
My streetcar named desire

I will keep on loving you
Because you're all I need
I don't mind falling
Just be there to catch me
If love is fear
Shoot me through the heart
Only the brave surrender
Death cannot tear us apart

~effervescent laughter
patterned after "Ivory Road" by King Charles
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnBIBPEpCDw)