Four O' Clock, High.
Meant to be read over this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=dYQ_lse44gQ&feature=related
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i.
[clockwork rage]
goddamn
dried up
everything
even my saliva
is wooden
you don't
know it
how homeless
and strong
I am
unbreakable
and so dry
everything
ii.
[no air]
can't sing
no more
can't form
the words
but I pray
smoke
heavy smoke
thudding against
your window
like a goddamn
pigeon
wrung
dry
all our necks
bared
and strewn about
like dirty socks
this body is
a long
white
stranger
death
can't feel much
different
halfway between
stood up
and fallen
iii.
[a whole heart, a whole heart]
but watch this
watch me leer
at the pretty girls
watch me stick
to the sidewalks
unwashed
unrecognizable
I'm dancing with
fingers
and with smoke
laid out
like so
a dead fish
reeling under
the stars
I'm strong
so strong now
I tell you
when you walk by
with another face
another face
another face
but you never
listen
anymore.
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This is me reading -> http://vocaroo.com/?media=vbcUNSaOwuB4v7AVl
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