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smoking at the door standing at the gate

from nothing by dark river

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that's a weird way to disappear. smoking at the door standing at the gate. something someone said, i can't relate.

i followed you way down south. a story about a wolf and a brother beside you. the fire was ticking in the stove. someone passing by out on the road. not an enemy. maybe suffering.

when i was i went 16 for a drive under a storm that was paralyzed. i took a step back at the sight of it (i was nodding out in a chair by the side of it). i stood in the dark with headlights blazing. dust was rising, maybe rain was falling. that's when i knew i'd found it, but i didn't know anything about it.

tied down in the bed of a truck. riding with my head on fire. if it's an enemy, then you suffer it.

when i was 19 i was so stupid. hungry in an alien language. i could've seen for half the moonlight, but i couldn't see your ankles in the tall grass. i'd listen for commands and wait around. shout back at the hallway just to hear the sound. sometimes in the window by the lamplight, you still come around.

(took a walk on the pier in the dead dark middle of the night, the waves/boats still crawling. something in me was sounding the alarm. couldn't take my eyes off the red sky. found a parking ticket on the sidewalk,.memorized the name and then forgot it. heard the creaking of the great black jawbone falling back into the pit where it came from.)

i knew what i was going to do. did it and it was done, the thing was through. for a while i had a dream: running around in the sun. it's in the color of the blood. you could've found it in a thunder storm. i had it for a while and then i crossed the river and left.

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from nothing, released December 1, 2020

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