all i got for summercrop

from about half a chromosome away from being chimpanzee HIT CH 22 by the tortoise and my hair

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all i got for summer was a sunburn full of bandages - all i got for winter was a case for alcohol - all i got from springtime is this bitter switch to melancholy - all i get from autumn - is a hopelessness and sudden urge to rake

all i got for mother was a hankering for a hunk of cheese - all i got from father was his filthy alibi - all i get from sister is this canker sore before disease - all i get from brother is a longing look of UN bridalling desire

all i got for summer was a bad dream full of sausages - bombing new born babies while i was burning ants - all i got for summer were these nightmares that have stayed with me - bending over backwards with these few good men with courage still to stand

all i got for christmas was a stocking full of suffering - guess that’s what i get for having spent it on myself - all i got for christmas just a craving for another dream - gone wasted in the winds that slowly blow our christmas tidings into flakes

all i got for winter was this careless little melody - all i got for winter is a gun cocked full of a cold - all i get from suffering is gaining time on long lost dreams - hanging in my stomach - helping me digest rehearsal day

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from about half a chromosome away from being chimpanzee HIT CH 22, released June 27, 2022

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the tortoise and my hair Guelph, Ontario

diary of a decomposing dog

this diary on this scary day is one of warmth again and play i am not going to say what my feeling really is in fact it’s just a lark that i have any at all no one’s left to listen, no one ever has, my bed’s been made un-wizened so been judged to be the best, but somehow just one wrinkle in my head is always left. ... more

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