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We are circling one
another for us to die for you to live
for you to die for us to
(being) long past our futures our pasts entwined
this crooked double yellow, this third flavor, this third
rememberthewayshe
famouslast, the only
(waves)
roundabouts endofJuly there'd be lawnchairs waiting for that sidewalk impressionistic tac toe step here step there (break your mothers) couldve given– a show, a joy, a concern maybe perhaps/even a swisssteak plaguetime dinner gathering being for the benefit of but no not you couldnt wait had to cross/watchwhereyoure and now the iceberg shards fadein/fadeout their thousandisland sarcophogi and when it hit it hit but thenagainIspose it was better this than
(see you/see us)?
reds and blues flashing chocolate vanilla softserve swirling callit/callout door lock clickclack winter hours crunchbunch
third flavor third–
because here we are ("now...") talking to one passing
crossing
this nano/
Not real
details/schmetails
not
real as
being 9.6 miles awayfrom/bywayof citylight nostalgia soaring firstclass and halfassed, broken: look at you at me now among these variations upon a fuguestate parabola seeing what you see and what you say you see and what I see you say you see and so do they, watching, rating, judging their roadsalt cauterization tactics taught not in any rubbernecking riverbed diaspora but in
(waves)
circling
We are
rememberthewayshe
cant keep it straight cant
in your spirit as broken as
keep it
as you are now following
I am
these paths that no one takes but everyone
(waves)
We are
and:
did you make it up the hill did you count to ten did you breathe did you walk did you run did you see the headstone with your that isnt your and know if/that
for us to die
for you to live
rememberthe
circling
what we're telling ourselves now
our joys our concerns our
wayshe
thousandisland/
circling one
for you to live
for us to
(famous last)
We are
We are
to
(waves)
Music by Elizabeth Joan Kelly / Words by Tyler W. Weaver
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