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Ordinary Fear

Is he a stupidhead? The eye in the peacock feather, Such life changing art People will lean On the backs of chairs, To watch him work And the stripes in his hat Promise nothing Except what they really want in their dreams And the swish swish swish Of his big black pen Is placed like a baby in his arms When the wheels wheel away They are left in their heads Turn around, drink up some wine And the clock will tell you As you’re eating your food That this part of us cannot go to sleep

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