Death And Dismemberment

from Spiral Bound Songs by Able Baker

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How is slow death any different from a long life filled with regret?
I spent August watching drama turn to horror with you
by the time you left I was states away in war shows
burnt up September binging scenes of beach invasions
casualties rose as armies clashed and I craned my neck
just to see if I could feel something in my chest...

Dismemberment eye for an eye and you can’t slur it
Dismemberment can’t come clean if it don’t exist
and you said “wash that blood off your hands”
can’t you see that I don’t understand?
and you said “wash that blood off your hands
can’t you see that it’s done to death?”

How is slow death any different from a long life lived on the edge of the knife?
that’s that no passing GO! no collecting 200 advance
cause you’ll discover that you ground your teeth as you slept
and where does that intention leave me in December?
and the feeling again it never ends
cause the arguments were cursory– fell flat...

Dismemberment eye for an eye and you can’t slur it
Dismemberment can’t come clean if it don’t exist
and you said “wash that blood off your hands
can’t you see that it’s all in your head?”

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from Spiral Bound Songs, released February 12, 2021

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