Bean Home Waltz

from The Shiniest Blue by Dog Voice

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it’s 5pm Tuesday/Sunday
and morningtime rises the moon
I’ve slept several hours
and wept my accustomed six times
and it isn’t yet noon

my calendar says that it’s April
but maybe it’s already June
it hailed, then got sunny
and people in sports bras went running—
it seems like too soon.

the concept of time
used to be fun;
hard not to miss the fact now that it’s done
clocks seem to glitch
or maybe switch
seconds for minutes, it’s hard to say which
arise, skeletal guardians!
the Age of Man ended outside of your tomb

we’ve set all manner of timers
to organize parts of the room
half-hours for working
twelve minutes for pasta
alarms to remind us to Zoom

the light that trickles through windows
cuts down on the feelings of gloom
and shines on the flowers
that dried out last Friday
but now have reversed into bloom

now the first of Mayvember was covered with snow!

the concept of time
used to be fun;
hard not to miss the fact now that it’s done
clocks seem to glitch
or maybe switch
not quite sure which
second hands twitch
steps seem to hitch
as though a witch
held a dark ritual over Greenwich
arise, skeletal guardians!
come dust off your scabbards come blink towards the sun!
your old bones rattle with secrets
and maybe your era’s begun

credits

from The Shiniest Blue, released August 2, 2020
Melissa Kagen: lyrics, melody, & leads vocals
Kurt James Werner: fretless bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, drum/organ/piano programming, production, &c.
Mayank: electric guitar
Pablo Yang: lap steel guitar

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