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20060721 - Exploring Drains

from The Song Diary I by Paleo

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EXPLORING DRAINS

No one ever noticed her,
always swimming up some tree,
and spit out in a waterfall of leaves.

Meetings on the underside
of convenience-colored love.
My mom and dad won't hear us, get in the truck.

Summoning some dealer wraiths,
the highs give us a raise,
and one by one our dreams explore the drain.

Meet me on the other side
of sight before you leap.
No one here will notice you but me.

No one ever noticed her,
the Jekyll to my Hyde,
every bead of wisdom all but
swallowed by her mind.
The photos come alive.
The moon gives back the light.
Almonds and her eyes
hanging from a wire.
Cut me down to size.
Jumping off a bridge.
Sawing through your wrist.
Pleased to make a mark,
gone without a trace,
it's all the same to me.
Bathing in her blood.
Dads die in the mine,
of sickness and in health,
lions on the shelf,
wondering why they're here,
and what it's all about.
Cleaning up your room.
Sweeping up the rain.
Lively in the past.
She says she wants to die,
and it's funny, so do I.
We are so alike.
For you i'd stay alive.

No one ever noticed her
drying up, a stream.
No one ever noticed her but me.

DAS - Bloomington, Indiana, USA

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from The Song Diary I, released April 15, 2007

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