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One time in Memphis, Tennessee
Two miles east of the Mississippi River
I was talking about “Born Under Punches”
The opening track on Talking Heads’ “Remain in Light”
Smoking out on a fourth floor fire escape
Always fearing a big earthquake
I’m afraid the New Madrid fault will wake
Anytime I’m in Memphis, Tennessee
But anyway I said I’d marry
The next person who felt the same about Born Under Punches as me
So I went back inside and someone put on “Remain in Light”
And the sixty year-old woman who lived there said
“I lived in New York City when this album came out and I went to a party with a bunch of Italians but I don’t speak Italian
But they all starting dancing with their arms spread and I followed their lead
And even though we couldn’t talk to each other
We were in complete unison dancing together to that song”
So my friend asked if I’d found the one
(And the heat goes on)
And I said hey let’s not jump the gun
(And the heat goes on)
I’ve only known this woman for an afternoon
(And the heat goes on)
But I must give her credit where credit is due
(And the heat goes on)
We have connections to the song born under punches
(And the heat goes on)
But maybe that’s no caliber for love
(And the heat goes on)
And then we laughed it up and got in the van to head back to Arkansas
(And the heat goes on)
As we crossed the Mississippi River my knuckles were white
But we made it over that I-40 bridge just fine
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Diamond vs Quartz
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I promised you diamonds
I delivered you quartz
And the quartz is bigger
But that value is empty
Taking up volumes
Of your space and time
And ample opportunities
To make it right
I want your refracted light
To bathe all over me
I had a dream that you kissed me
But that’s not what I want
I’m afraid of intimacy
Like it or not
Such an overburden
Even just in my head
Strip mining for comfort
In the sheets of my bed
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Qualls at the Buzzer
03:11
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January 14th, 2014
in the living room at my grandparents
before it became just my grandma’s
watching Arkansas play the hated Kentucky
So much unrelated riding on the outcome
Ten seconds remaining, tied in overtime
Ky Madden shoots a three, bouncing off the rim
But Michael Qualls emerges
And slams it home at the buzzer
Just a kid from Shreveport, Louisiana has won the game for me
And all of my friends and all of my family
Just a kid from Shreveport, Louisiana
Has won the game for the state of Arkansas
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I got my daughter
A Himalayan salt lamp
And I told her if she slept with it on
It would chase away bad dreams
But then she outgrew it
After maybe a year
And now it resides
On the nightstand beside my bed
And sometimes I bathe
In it’s dull orange glow
And I think about how
It would make the perfect blunt instrument
If someone wanted to kill me
They could bash in my skull
With only one or two swings
Of the salt lamp while I sleep
But since becoming a parent
I wake easily to the sound of footsteps
So I’d like to see them try
I’d like to see them try
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Staying up late
And driving my car
The stoplights turn green
As I approach them
Because no one is out
Only me in the world
And it makes me
feel important
Like I’m getting
the respect I deserve
Though I know
I’ve earned nothing
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Plastic Bag Blues
00:46
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There’s trash in the branches
Of the tree in my front yard
And I don’t own a ladder
Because I don’t own my house
So I guess the trash will stay there
There’s hope in the branches
Of all the thoughts in my head
But I don’t know how to move it
Into something that I can hold
But I guess it’s important that it’s in there
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