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from peeling painted pricks by the tortoise and my hair

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what if the only chance that we have left is written on a cliff too high and heavy even to lift

what if all we need to do is in a shoe the shoe is blue just hidden from view

i haven’t got a penny for my pocket
i haven’t got a shoe to fit this foot
and even though we’re locked inside this locket
my love for U forever will be true
my love for U forever will be true

(but i ) ain’t gonna do no run round baby
(i )ain’t gonna buy no rings
ain’t gonna get no religion ON
can’t seem to budget just these two shoe strings

i haven’t got a penny for my pocket
i haven’t got a shoe to fit this foot
and even though we’re locked inside this locket
my love for U forever will be true
my love for U forever will be true

what if all the world was round AnD all the people thought (again) that it was flat that U could fall off of its edge (down) into a pit

i haven’t got a penny for my pocket
i haven’t got a shoe to fit this foot
and even though we’re locked inside this locket
my love for U forever will be true
my love for U forever will be true

(but i ) ain’t gonna do no run round baby
(i )ain’t gonna buy no rings
ain’t gonna get no religion ON
can’t seem to budget just these two shoe strings

i haven’t got a penny for my pocket
i haven’t got a shoe to fit this foot
and even though we’re locked inside this locket
my love for U forever will be true
my love for U forever will be true

what if the only chance that we have left is written on a cliff too high and heavy even to lift

what if all we know is under tow drifting towards a rift in time the grains of sand will shift dragging us along with it

i haven’t got a penny for my pocket
i haven’t got a shoe to fit this foot
and even though we’re locked inside this locket
my love for U forever will be true
my love for U forever will be true

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from peeling painted pricks, released August 31, 2021

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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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