Thursday, February 27, 2020

NOTHING LEFT TO SELL



WITH YOUR CHILDLIKE MEMORABILIA SCATTERED ALL AROUND
YOU ARE SEARCHING FOR A MEMORY THAT NEVER WILL BE FOUND

YOUR HALF DRAWN WATERCOLORS LAY IN TATTERS ON THE FLOOR
PHOTOS MEN HAD TAKEN HAVE BEEN TAPED UPON YOUR DOOR
AND HERE YOU ARE YOU'RE SITTING EATING CAKES THAT NEVER WERE QUITE DONE

YOUR SPIRIT HAS BEEN BROKEN AND YOUR PRIDE HAS LEFT YOU TOO
THIS PHOTO YOU ARE STARING AT FROM A SALE THAT HAPPENED LONG AGO
TAUNTS YOU AND REMINDS YOU ~ YOU HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO SELL

I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT YOU BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT I CAN SAY
TO WAKE YOU FROM YOUR SPIRAL INTO WHAT CAN ONLY BE DECAY

HELP US GATHER UP YOUR PRECIOUS CLIPPINGS GET YOU CLEANED AND FEELING BETTER
WE CAN BOX AND LABEL YOUR COLLECTIONS 
COPY ARTICLES YOU'VE SAVED 
TUNE OUT ALL THE WHITE NOISE THAT'S SWIRLING ALL AROUND
EXPOSE YOUR TIMELESS ACHING BEAUTY AND GIVE YOU BACK YOUR SIGHT AND SOUND

THEN WITH YOUR HAIR ALL NEATLY BRAIDED AND YOUR SIMPLE GOWN OF WHITE
I WILL TAKE YOUR HAND AND WE CAN DANCE ON OUT INTO THE LIGHT

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