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A baggy jacket, expired film subscriptions,
Drawers of birthday cards and a phone full of messages,
CDs I won’t listen to, ignored books, used and new,
Tables of think pieces that I never read through—
The remnants of my parents’ efforts to reach out,
Objects in search of the right words to shout.
I can’t let them in. It’s not them.
I can’t let anybody in.

You always thought I was funny,
But I never was much fun.
I cannot climb to the landing,
All courage gets is a bad ending.
I’ve got my basement, my life,
An allotment of lights.
A ten-year-old mattress,
A box of failed stress tests,
A corner where a mirror leans,
Only sporadically cleaned.
It shows me constantly
Distressed and half-dressed.
Nothing feels like it fits.

I’ve seen the light flood the stairs,
And Arbogast falling backward forever.
The ceiling closed around him.
My eyes will not leave the rushing floor,
I can’t look away, but I can’t watch anymore.
I feel the slits in the VCR,
Where my mom taped ER,
She recorded shows for me.
We’d sit together some weeks,
And watch yesterday’s scenes.
Everything felt utopian.
Everything feels real again.

I can’t let you in. It’s not you.
I can’t let anybody in.

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from Even in the Cannon's Mouth, released September 15, 2017

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