Shake her arms.
Asleep in the daylight, passing away life easily
The pie falls to the floor
Hit speed dial
You see her slip showing, I don’t want you going out like that.
You stare at him wide-eyed.
“I got her, my God, we got her. Let’s get her on the truck.”
“Good as new.”
“Thank God you found me in time.”
You throw up on the carpet
Cold statue. You look past the easel.
You’re shooting the breeze with some cute guy.
Your smile slips from your cheekbones.
Can it wait?
I’m in the middle of drawing in charcoal. Oh my my.
What’s going on?
“No it’s not true you’re a liar, she’s fine”.
And you fall from your feet to the floor in the high school corridor
Your class watch from the window
You can’t choose the yellow or purple.
Why do all my shirts have such dumb things on them?
"I wish I had the blue."
You put your fist through the drywall.
Who cares if you’re double-parked outside?
"You know I could never take you."
"Oh my god! How can you ask that?
Would you just stop talking? Shut your mouth."
"But, I don’t understand." (No one will tell me).
"She’ll never have fruit punch.
She’ll never have eggs, or yawn, or brush her hair...
and no one will explain to me why...
she can’t just get back in."
"Is she cold?"
She looks like your mother.
"It’s not her. It’s not her. She’s gone."
"Where did she go?"
credits
from In Verse,
released September 15, 2010
Colm Hall: guitar, vocals
Stephen Whelan: percussion, claves, cheeseboard
Kyoko Murakami: fiddle
Paul Gaffney: bass guitar
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