it's fine
DESCRIPTION
a type of sleep disorder developed by watching mismatched news headlines on a broken TV while listening to the intrnetTRANSCRIPT
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A LONG OVERDUE FRUSTRATION ON A SHORT LEASH +
HELP ME DEFINE THE THINGS I CAN'T UNDRSTAND +
ALL THE WHILE THERE'S BACKPACKING +
THRU THE PLACES IN-BETWEEN +
THE BUILDINGS YOU'VE GOTTEN USED TO +
THERE ARE FEVERS ON THE OUTSIDE +
AND I'M ASKING EVRYONE I SEE IF I'LL MAKE IT HOME
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ALL THESE TRENCHES I'VE BEEN FEEDING +
COUPLE THEIR MOUTHS TOGETHR AND +
DO ME A FAVOR +
PLAY ME A SONG +
USE THE WORD HIBERNATION LIKE A FOREIGN THING +
EXPLAIN ITS DISTANCE TO ME +
AND IF YR CONVINCING I WON'T HAVE TO +
SLEEP IN SO MUCH ALL THE TIME MAYBE
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YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE FOREIGN THINGS +
BUT IT STILL HURTS TO REACH MY ARM +
SO FAR OVR THE WATER
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IN THE CITY WE SMELL SEX ALL THE TIME AND IT +
NEVR SEEMS TO MATTR +
RAILROAD SPIKES LINING THE PORCHES SOMETIMES +
SO THE BIRDS WILL HAVE SOMETHING +
THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR JOB Y'KNOW +
I JUST CAN'T KEEP THINKING OF THEM AS SUNSPOTS +
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PRECIPITATION +
I JUST
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THERE ARE FLAGS EVRYWHERE +
AND NO ONE WILL TELL ME WHY +
NO ONE GIVES IN +
I MEAN +
THEY JUST STAND DIRECTLY UNDR THEM +
AND YET STILL TRY AND KEEP THEMSELVES CLEAN +
TRYING TO AVOID THE SPATTR AND FAILING AND +
WHIMPERING AND SMILING AND SLEEPING AND +
WHIMPERING +
WAKING AND FAILING AGAIN +
AND NOT RLY DOING MUCH OF ANYTHING AT ALL +
TRYING SO HARD +
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JUST BLEND EVRY SINGLE COLOR INTO ONE +
AND THEN IT'S LIKE NONE OF THEM WILL +
EVR BOTHR US AGAIN +
RIGHT +
IT'S LIKE +
ANYONE CAN SAY THE N WORD NOW RIGHT +
ANYONE CAN LEARN TO USE A KNIFE AND PEEL AND +
PROD AWAY AT THE FILLINGS +
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW SHARP WE COULD +
MAKE ALL OUR STATUES IF WE RLY TRIED
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IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT RLY +
I MEAN IT'S JUST A WORD RIGHT +
WHY SHOULD IT MATTR SO MUCH TO YOU +
WHY CAN'T WE JUST GO TO SPACE AND BE HAPPY +
AND MEANINGLESS TOGETHR +
WHY CAN'T WE JUST FALL FOREVR AND NOT CARE
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I DO
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IT'S JUST I WAS A LITTLE UPSET TODAY WHEN A +
PHONE BOOTH FOLLOWED ME HOME +
AND I WAS JUST CONSTANTLY HEARING ITS +
FOOTSTEPS AND THE RATTLING OF THE +
LOOSE PHONE AND THE BURLAP SACKS FULL OF +
CHANGE IT WAS DRAGGING BEHIND +
AND THE PHONE JUST HANGING THERE
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AND SOMEONE +
SOME INNOCENT BYSTANDR ON THE OTHR LINE +
KEPT ON ASKING +
CAN ANYONE HEAR ME +
IS ANYONE THERE +
I NEED YOU TO PLS SPEAK CLEARLY +
IS ANYONE THERE
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CARS WALK PAST +
FERAL DOGS IN THE LOT ACROSS THE STREET +
FIGHTING FOR SCRAPS +
BARKING AND KNOCKING OVER THE CARD TABLE +
JUST FUSS AND FUSS UNTIL THE COPS COME HOME +
TRAMPLING FEATHRS IN THE GRASS +
SNARLING AND SEEPING INTO THE WOOD
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WHILE THE TATTERED LADY WITH A BLACK-N-WHITE +
PHOTO OF HER BABY IN THE WINDOW YELLING +
OFFICER +
OFFICER +
OFFICER +
TEARING SLABS OUT OF HER HOME
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AND EVRYONE IN THE CITY CUTTING CIRCLES +
OUT OF COLORED PAPER +
CUTS THE EXACT SAME COUNTR-CLOCKWISE +
COLORED PAPER CIRCLE AT THE SAME TIME +
SPARKS FLY
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IT'S A MATTR OF DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE +
TALKING AT THE DINNR TABLE +
IT'S A MATTR OF CAN YOU STOMACH THE BILE +
OF THE CONCEPT YR TRYING TO CONVEY +
OR ELSE JUST KEEP ON EATING
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NO MATTR WHERE I GO THERE ARE BUGS THAT +
TRY TO TOUCH ME AND CRAWL INTO MY MOUTH +
MAKE ME SAY THINGS +
AND SOMETIMES I GET SO UPSET AND I +
JUST WANNA KILL SOMETHING THAT +
WON'T ASK QUESTIONS +
THAT WON'T TALK BACK
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I SIT UP LATE AT NIGHT FOR HOURS +
AND EVN MORE HOURS +
THINKING ABOUT CRUSHING THE FLY THAT’S +
TREMBLING IN MY BEDROOM +
IN THE EYELIDS OF MY WINDOW BLINDS +
THE AFTRTHOUGHT THAT WON'T LET ME SLEEP
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IT'S A METAPHOR FOR DRUGS A BOOK TELLS ME +
IT SAYS NOTHING RLY MATTRS AND +
SOMETIMES YOU KILL THINGS THAT ARE VERY SMALL +
BECAUSE THAT'S LIFE +
AND LIFE IT SAYS +
IS A CHECKERED PATTRN IN A +
RUNDOWN ART MUSEUM
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LIFE IS FOREVR BECOMING MORE INCREASINGLY +
AWARE OF JUST HOW SMALL +
THE OTHR PPL IN THE SNOW GLOBE THINK YOU ARE
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I WANNA DO SOMETHING VERY BAD FOR ME +
I WANNA SEE +
HOW MANY NIGHTMARES LIVE UNDR MY HOUSE +
I WANNA LOOK INSIDE THE MOUTH OF +
EVRY SINGLE NEWS REPORTR IN AMERICA +
SHAKE MY HEAD AROUND UNTIL I CAN SEE LIGHTS +
AND I FOCUS ON THE LITTLE DOTS THAT HAPPEN +
WHEN I BLINK +
WHILE THEY TELL ME +
IN THEIR NEWEST INSIDE VOICES
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OH +
TODAY THEY KILLED ANOTHR ONE +
WHO MAYBE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT LIKE YOU
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AND OH THERE GOES ANOTHR ONE +
AND OOPS +
THERE GOES ONE MORE +
I RLY WONDR IF THIS MEANS SOMETHING
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AND WOW I CAN STILL HEAR GUNSHOTS +
AND OH MY YR ALL MADE OF SUCH FRAGILE CLAY +
AND ON AND ON AND ON +
SO WILLFULLY
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AND YET THE BIRDS +
WELL THEY'RE SINGING LOUD AS EVR SO +
EVRYTHING MUST BE FINE
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YEAH +
EVRYTHING'S FINE
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EVRYTHING'S FINE +
EVRYTHING'S FINE +
EVRYTHING'S FINE FINE FINE +
EVRYTHING'S JUST PEACHY IT'S FINE +
EVRYTHING'S FINE
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IT'S FINE
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BUT RLY +
IT'S OK +
PLS JUST BE HONEST WITH ME +
HOW SMALL DO YOU THINK I AM
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YOU CAN TELL ME +
I WON'T LAUGH +
I WON'T GRAB MY CHEST UNTIL I GET HOME +
I WON'T FALL RIGHT AWAY
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IT'S AN EXPERIMNT +
VOICES RISING IN SALTWATER +
BUT I'M NOT TAKING NOTES THIS TIME +
I'M ALREADY CERTAIN I CAN'T HELP YOU ANYMORE
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