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thE UGlY DUCKling (song)

knew by the time the devil gave his answer
the news’dB out by morning prancing in full gloom
knew by now too  that evil answers fetch queer questions2
and all fruitless grand standing’s got me planning lunar landings - tothe moon

i placed my hand onto the handle of the driver
head hung low below thresholds they do not dare to double cross me
i smiled at them from peep holes drilled through paper ceilings
holding tight to wants desire what do i need to be me briefly

i washed my hand - s with water i’d been drinking
i took a chance on legs again to balance up and down
a rusted can to boil eggs’d cracked left them leaching
divinely flowing forward up towards some common ground

kept eggs in a paper bags i laid inside a basket
saving UPthe shells to sell come some rainy day
found a pint of sulphur inside a book of matches
turned left to lift the latches before the eggs hatched into snakes
the quacks still hear the drone of a million ugly ducklings flying home

i walked a long the lake twig legged on pins and needles
sun sunk deep in mud my feet were webbed too stuck to run
the sun bright shining drying highlighting all the cheaters
the moon so glowing low bright ivory sliced on the horizon
the quacks still hear the drone of a million ugly ducklings flying home

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from serenskipty doo dahDEMO, released April 26, 2017

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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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