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the things we carried

from spit smoke, black factories. by hey predator!

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lyrics

albatross wingspan, a weight we can’t stand,
hung from our tired necks
those who’ve mined the river will never forget its flow;
debritage caught in a branch downstream
the bird and the burden bastardized in effigy.

sisyphus is pushing rock, lover left abandoned
back-breaking ascension dulling the shine of eyes
forced back down to the water, bowed in defeat again
a pale reflection his only reward for carrying the tide.

these, the things we carry, bearing more than we.

sepia stains every motion, shadows drawn adrift
infants torn from the womb by a midwife/mistress.
knelt in prayer in the shallows
hands cupped, sieving water
searching for gone, longing for lost
carrying the weight of a thousand empty shells.
left behind, the sea.
gone.

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from spit smoke, black factories., released June 10, 2009

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