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Not Knowing
03:29
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whenever you arrive, telephone me, please
so I know that you're alright
it really worries me
the not knowing
the not knowing
I'll lend you my clothes, my flashlight
I'll send you anything you need
nothing feels like home or feels right
but I'm learning how to come clean
with not knowing
with not knowing
the swollen river could rise
fire could flare through these trees
you left me here to survive
you left me here to make peace
with not knowing
with not knowing
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a bead of light longs to nest in the tiniest branch of my lung
like a bee longs to light a golden infection under the sun
a loom of buzzing light
weaves a dark maze
radiant, when ripped apart
under the stars
a crimson bird is crying in the bracken of my nerves
a bell cuts the blue air in ribbons
where does it hurt?
a silver berry is pierced
a stream of light hisses forth
from its porous core
I found you swimming in my blood
I will deliver you from this world
pierce the dancing flame
right through the heart
disembody my voice
let the rivers fly up to the stars
I'll never look back
and I'll never look down
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Married to the Bone
05:17
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we are married to the bone
sunrise, the sweetest palindrome
and my terrifying weakness
doesn't turn you on
we are married to the bone
parts of pleasure come undone
on the forks of lovers' tongues
I'd rather howl at the moon
we are married to the bone
so fuck it, lets get happy, love
if we're married to the bone
little ragged robin
teach me how to love
the way you sing away the day
the way you sing the day away
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Lovebirds
05:59
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to collapse in the fire isn't worth the pain
she'll come and put me together again
every time I cut off your head
you grow another
lovebirds mauled your hand
when you reached into their cage
tell me, what have you learned?
the same fire fuels love and rage
or some other sad cliche
bloody roots of a flowering sky
you can fry my third eye
with your fingers of flame
touch me, and dissolve my mind
blue cascade of sound
a simple bell
the sea's singing bones
your bloodied hand rests still
upon the lovebird's throat
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Avi C. Engel Toronto, Ontario
they/them
I'm not writing the same song over and over so much as writing one long
continuous song that will end when I die.
receive all new music in digital form: www.patreon.com/aviengel
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