Soft Simple Ritual
So simply something Under the sunlight through the window of the schoolroom Something simple singing ‘kiss me in the hall’ Oh it’s okay you don’t
February 11, 2021
So simply something Under the sunlight through the window of the schoolroom Something simple singing ‘kiss me in the hall’ Oh it’s okay you don’t
I came because I had to know Now i’m flipping switches in the dashboard glow See my blue face in the glass curve around I
Curves just like Matisse My fountain loneliness My masterpiece Crooked pen is all you’re gonna get from me This is not a simple world and
Twenty years ago today The sky set forth an angel’s face For the past twenty-four hours I’ve been sketching you On this day Hypocrisy comes
My ankles red from preterite’s chain My head in the light from the dawn of a new age My body pays its constant wage What’s
Swallow a diamond And get invisible with me All I want is half you’ve got Decimal purity Grant me asylum And part the lips of
City litter swirls making the skin of the invisible man Catching the glow off the ionosphere Still fighting the cold war What else is a
Stories spread across the skies They told you it’s a lion They told you it’s a bow and arrow Oh but don’t you believe them
Sarah is silent down on the southside With a bold shock of redshift hair Watching the street boys down on the corner Vomit white light
Started out simple ’nuff Cup of coffee here and there Nickel and dime just to pass the time For a girl from Kansas fair You