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Mike Janflone ....................
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Da Vinci ....................
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To me the evening was perfect ....................
I carved roses in the clouds ....................
I painted the sky 100 shades of red ....................
I forced the ocean to roll peacefully ....................
I did it all for you ....................
"You could have done better Michael" ....................
Maybe I could have ....................
Done just a bit better ....................
Than you ....................
I should have used your blood as my color ....................
I should have used your flesh to calm my insanity ....................
I should have held you down ....................
Force your face in the shit ....................
I should have opened my eyes ....................
Parted the sea and walked you out ....................
Let it close around us ....................
Hold you tight ....................
Drag you down ....................
Locked eye to eye ....................
I should have watched us die ....................
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Dutch Clogs
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My words weighted ....................
Gravity accelerates their fall ....................
She's far away ....................
Doubt she'll get the chance to hear ....................
Maybe if it were yesterday it'd be different ....................
Right next to me ....................
But I choked at the wrong moment ....................
Pushed a whisper Newton's laws couldn’t conquer ....................
Went right over her head ....................
Tired of the rain falling inside ....................
Washing the smell off my pillow ....................
But not enough to drown the memories ....................
Lonely candles flicker against the shadows ....................
Still life moment spanning days ....................
Somewhere she is breathing ....................
That same air that grazed my skin ....................
Wake up in the vacuum of time ....................
Static alarm drone ....................
Pushing me into that uncomfortable place ....................
I'm just not ready for today ....................
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Nursing
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Eating tumors ....................
Waiting for absorption ....................
Sponge Baths ....................
Morphine drips ....................
Pushing buttons ....................
For a new erasure ....................
Forget who came ....................
To say goodbye ....................
Maybe the nods stole them ....................
Instead I'm convinced ....................
All Alone ....................
Too tired to turn back ....................
Shitting in a steel pan ....................
Dreaming of touching her hand ....................
Waking up in pain ....................
Seeing her walk away ....................
Head down ....................
What did she whisper? ....................
I wish I could stand ....................
Chase reality ....................
Trapped with Closed eyes ....................
A Droning, fading beep ....................
Silence dissolves the noise ....................
Everything is over ....................
Everyone is crying ....................
Needing to fall one more time ....................
But this time I'm flying high ....................
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