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lyrics

her

she listens to the static on the radio
sitting straight up in a chair pulling
each tangled ball of insecurity off her pants
black attracts lint
and gloom attracts attention, unwanted
she lives between walls
framed by peeling wallpaper and stained ceiling tiles
a painting never acknowledged good enough by the artist to be shown
the forgotten child at a public festival by its parents you watched cry in the corner
the milk that’s denied notice and goes sour
she plays solitaire with a deck missing cards
the clock snaps its fingers with repetition
and claps its hands on the hour
every hour
the lamp reminds her of winter
and she thinks of an album she used to play in her car
the music was a door and if it had to be described it was wood, the soft looking wood that was crafted by a perfectionist that probably bit his nails and owned a camera, maybe smoked cigarettes and lived in a one bedroom apartment
she broke the antenna on purpose one night after cooking dinner for herself
but the radio is still friendly
past time back yards are kept clean cut in small picture frames around the room
faded photos she chooses to remember
the ones that come sugar coated
without bad after tastes
easy to swallow
hard to deny
wrapped decently in faked smiles and crooked teeth
she’s a jogger that never leaves her room
keeps everyone across the map
puts on make up at 10:30 at night and watches the mirror
she needs the mirror like it needs her
like her fingers need an occupation, a purpose
and if it wasn’t pulling lint off her appearance
it would probably be sewing table cloths or overcoats
she flips through books, never reading the middle chapters, only the endings
eats three meals a day
washes her clothes
brushes her teeth
will die at age 67
and tells her children that this earth we’re all just leasing has bad phlegm

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from phlegm - one night stands with out of tune instruments in a room with blue wallpaper, released March 5, 2002
lyrics & vocals by Brad Hamers
production by Slomoshun

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brad hamers Portland, Oregon

writer, music-maker, collage-maker,, performance-maker, loud dreamer, mental gymnast

(member of: Through Flames, Child Of No Nation, Cat Child, Dust On Snow, Two Ton Sloth, Phlegm and Al Límite Collective)

Artist at Shrine13

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