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a spokesperson comments
and calls it a day
a life made successful
by choosing a frame

they never believe you
if you don't make a fuss
a spectacle looms around simple things
and it's slowly spoiling us

and i never really get to what it is i should be doing
cos i'm always looking back on what's just been done
don't be like that
just leave it out
i'll make a start
it doesn't have to be perfect

we tore up a matchbox
stuck cards on our spokes
a wheel made to rattle
brave faces on show

i try to retrace you
you're not to be found
and hope is this hard-wired little thing
we feel stupid for carrying

and i never really get to what it is i should be doing
cos i'm always looking back on what's just been done
don't be like that
just leave it out
i'll make a start
it doesn't have to be perfect

type it all out; hit save
no further comment today
except to remind you of:

the cards i pegged upon my spokes
the screwed up paper down my throat
the fire in the playing fields
my stinging legs out in the cold
i never let myself be told
she's listening just behind the door
my legs crossed on the bedroom floor

and now you don't want to be found
a curate's egg i carry round
it's easy just to disappear
when you were born before the year
they came and nailed all our lives down
a country turned into a town
for all the good that does us now

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from Strange Looks, Funny Handshakes, released May 19, 2016

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