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No Proof

from Bang Dust by Hovering Shrikes

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Cold was blowing in from somewhere,
warmth was whimpering not to leave,
and the wind was prying secrets
from between the rotting eaves.

The wind was prying secrets
from between the rotting eaves.

You were pouring out the milk jug.
It had spoiled while we slept.
Hibernation has some side effects --
only some will make you retch.

Stay you grateful for the rest, though
stay you wary it’s the last.
Stay you terrified the future’s
carbon smudges of the past.

I stood cleated on the ladder
to repair the season’s harm.
What’s another fifty fucking nails
and another pail of tar?

Another goddamn dripping thing of tar.

You were quiet in a pile of leaves
that gathered to your chin.
I tugged a marionette heartstring
to lift your heavy lids.

To lift, lift, lift, lift, lift your heavy lids.

And the eyes that climbed the rungs to me
were greyer than I’ve seen
even any other winter,
and you slumped like cheap sateen.

Slumping cheap sateen.

Stay you grateful for the rest, though
stay you wary it’s the last.
Stay you terrified the future’s
carbon smudges of the past.

Well, I took my time returning
to the ground from on the roof.
You say I made no effort.
I say you have no proof.

No vision and no proof.

There is always more cold coming.
There is always sleep to need.
There is always milk that’s spoiling
for you to pour on me.

Stay you grateful for the rest, though
stay you wary it’s the last.
Stay you terrified the future’s
carbon smudges of the past.

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from Bang Dust, released April 9, 2021

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Lyric-driven post-punk from Portland.

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