Dwell

from I Have Slept In This House For 153 Days And I Still Haven't Gotten My Great Uncle's Fortune by Kearney

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september
1979
in a hospital in California
14 miles from the state line

I felt the ground shake
as you entered the delivery room
so bright outside and so d ark for me
but I knew that I'd be there soon to greet you

as it so happens I am happy to trace the steps
a coloring book filled up with rooms I've never left
I sniff the crayon, sweet and inscrutable
and I wonder how something this crude could be something so beautiful

sophomore year
senior mentorship program
I still remember the schedule
I could draw you a floor plan

and we were fast friends
and the rest happened slowly
I wouldn't change a thing
but you know me

it wasn't love at first sight, because that doesn't exist
you'd hate me for thinking so, and even if I did
one angle's never enough, no need to take a chance
everything I love about you could not fit in a single glance

you and I
we always both agreed
dying young would never be worth it
not even for the poetry

so I repeat that again and again
I really do my best
it helps for a while, until it doesn't
hugging your ashes close to my chest

if I could be reborn in another glorious form
an ageless speck of light, tiny and warm
I would reject the offer, I would cling to my memory
because the purest cosmic conception will never be as lucky as me

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from I Have Slept In This House For 153 Days And I Still Haven't Gotten My Great Uncle's Fortune, released August 23, 2016

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my name is evan, my band is Kearney, i am presently the sole member of the band but i am accepting online applications

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