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23| So it's the [fucking moon][]. Big deal. As if 23| So it's the [fucking moon][]. Big deal. As if
24| you haven't seen it before, hanging in the sky 24| you haven't seen it before, tacked to the sky
25| like a piece of [rotten meat][] nailed to the wall, 25| like a [rotten hunk of meat][], a maudlin love
26 26
27| a maudlin love letter (the i's dotted with [hearts][]) 27| letter (the _i_s dotted with hearts) hung
28| tacked to the sky's door like ninety-eight theses. 28| on the sky like ninety-eight theses.
29| Don't stare at it like it means anything. 29| Don't stare at it like it means anything.
30 30
31| Walk past it quickly, eyes averted.
31| Don't give it the chance to collect meaning 32| Don't give it the chance to collect meaning
32| from your hand like an old pigeon. Don't dare ascribe 33| from your [outstretched hand like a pigeon][].
33| it a will, or call it fickle, or think it has any say
34 34
35| in your affairs. It's separated from your life 35| Ascribing it a will, calling it fickle, or
36| by three hundred eighty-four thousand miles of space, 36| thinking it has any say or even an opinion
37| the same distance you stepped away from time that night 37| of your affairs is a mistake: it's separated
38 38
39| you said your love was broken, a crippled gyroscope 39| from you by three hundred eighty thousand miles
40| knocking in the dark. It was then that time fell apart, 40| of emptiness, staring at you blankly like a child
41| had a nervous breakdown and started following you 41| or your reflection when you found your love broken
42 42
43| everywhere, moonfaced, always asking where you're going. 43| in the dark, when time fell apart, broke down,
44| You keep trying to get away from it but it nuzzles closer 44| started following you around everywhere, [moonfaced][],
45| and sings you songs that sound like the cooing of a dove 45| doggedly asking where you're going, like you know.
46| that will only escape again into an empty sky at dawn. 46
47| Don't try side stepping time, either: it's only
48| a river you're stuck in, [carrying you][] under the glare
49| of the moon nuzzling closer, cooing in your ear
50
51| like a dove that escapes into the empty sky at dawn.
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48[fucking moon]: deathstrumpet.html 53[fucking moon]: deathstrumpet.html
49[rotten meat]: roughgloves.html 54[rotten hunk of meat]: roughgloves.html
50[hearts]: proverbs.html 55[outstretched hand like a pigeon]: last-passenger.html
56[moonfaced]: boy_bus.html
57[carrying you]: music-433.html