Bench Seat

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Sitting next to me on a bench seat, you could barely contain
Your lament for the government as the chemicals raced ‘round your brain
You said “I don’t want to be here. Are you ready to go?”
“I’ll never be rich and now they’ve made it so I can’t afford to be poor”

Idle hands and a penchant for madness, you tuck your flask down the front
Of your pants a manoeuvre you’ve practiced since your mother used to drive you to work
You said “I don’t want to be here. Are you ready to go?”
“The constant threat of this obstinacy puts all its weight right here on my soul”

Your temperament left you short of breath as you poured it all out on the floor
You haven’t a cent and your overdue rent tops the list of shit that you can’t afford
You said “I don’t want to be here. Are you ready to go?”
“I’ve counted 10,000 ways in which we’ve been lied to and it’s turning me into a ghost”

Enact this; step backwards
No reason, just leaving

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from Idly By, released February 8, 2019

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