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We didn't know
02:59
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blood blue hands in winter in twilight in winter and ice
cracks
under our feet as we run to the house in the winter
light
trees that look bigger that weren’t there and sirens
screaming
scheming
we didn’t know
how fast he would go
red blue hands in winter in nighttime in December ice
slides
under our feet as we run to the house in the winter
night
all of his head in our hands like an eggshell
screaming
screaming
we didn’t know
how fast he would go
(Meghan Deans, 2008)
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Ambitioning
04:32
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everything we want
everything we want
everything we wanted to be
we hated the sound of ourselves in their ears we hated the sounds we couldn’t yet hear
we waited for all their invisible eyes
but they never did see us, no they never did see us we jabbed and we needled but they were pretenders we kept our joy hidden, all sick with envy
we drudged up the dirty last silt of our standing
all knowing, unknowing
suspending the speed of our comfort’s upending, wounded by no one, wrecked,
we bruised easy
everything we want
everything we want
everything we wanted to be
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I want never
04:05
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my twin
i know these bones
i know this skin
my twin
i know these bones
i know this skin
i know this strand
i know this tear
your blush so close your breath nowhere i want never
like i want with you you are so beyond
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Seventeen [Philip White]
03:15
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Is it dirty
07:31
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Is it dirty
does it look dirty
that’s what you think of in the city
does it just seem dirty
that’s what you think of in the city
you don’t refuse to breathe do you
someone comes along with a very bad character he seems attractive. is
he really. yes very
he’s attractive as his character is bad. is it. yes
that’s what you think of in the city
run your finger along your no-moss mind
that’s not a thought that’s soot
and you take a lot of dirt off someone
is the character less bad. no. it improves constantly
you don’t refuse to breathe do you
(Frank O'Hara, 1964; used with permission)
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Protection
06:15
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the outlanders circled around with sleds
it gets warmer when it snows
bracing for all the mistakes they would make
I prayed while the sunset froze
I kissed the cracks underneath their feet
breaking waves shadowing the glass
bracing against the thinning ground
and prayed their souls to pass
sometimes I just prefer the company of drowning
two entire teams of horses
a bottleneck
of moldy ropes
rusty clamps
heavy chains
and bullets sleeping cased in their guns
as though protection could protect you
as though protection could protect you
the skid had none
and the water was clean just below the surface
I breathed a ripple of anticipation
it snowed
it snowed
sometimes I just prefer the company of drowning
sometimes I just prefer the muted sounds of bodies sunk into my back
the ice was weak
but now they’re home
(Meghan Deans, 2008)
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Shame campaign
04:20
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too late for courage
too late for pain
your memory has cursed you
and just like i told you
time stops for no man
too late for alter egos
too late to prove me wrong
you’re only pretending to be
exactly who you are
and you’re still looking to be absolved
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I mean well
04:21
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it’s not like I could have known,
is it?
the way you smiled all the time,
just lighting up rooms in the bright white flight of daytime with
your face so wide open
I mean, well —
it’s not like I should have known, is it
it’s not like I should have known, is it?
I mean how could I ever have known
that you wanted things to be better,
better
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11. |
Heartened [Daniel Wohl]
03:43
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12. |
359 Each Time
08:45
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i know
you really turned me around, i know
one eighty
three sixty
or three fifty-nine each time? i don’t care
where you drop me
i don’t care
i’ll come back around
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Ted Hearne Los Angeles, California
Ted Hearne is a composer, singer and bandleader.
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for his "tough edge and wildness of spirit," and "topical, politically sharp-edged works." Pitchfork called Hearne's work "some of the most expressive socially engaged music in recent memory -- from any genre."
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