I woke the #dead
Im sorry
I thought it was a game
Never knew my zombies
Would become such a pain
A little scare on Halloween
A timid playful curse
I swear i thought
They'd rest again
Now that its
November First

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Stiff upper lip
But the tear
still drips
One streak
Three strikes
you're up
In front of all
Tall standing
Far as three eyes see
That's that
Swing
#bravery

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Parenthood
The fine art of teaching
#bravery
While living in absolute
terror

*Notes from a father watching their child get a(nother) concussion.

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I dont know
But I been told
The fascists here are getting bold

Ice cold thugs
Out on my streets
But I know how they can be beat

#sound off
One two
Sound off
Three four

Get it done at the ballot box
Cause these jokers want a war

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Freedom #sounds
Like a pen scratch
Dont forget to sign your ballot

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Ian wrote more
of our songs than we did
We play in the basement
of #delta sig
Tom's mom is on the wall
Barb was pissing when we wrote this song.

I trust you wont fuck it up
SLAMHOUND

I trust you wont fuck it up
SLAMHOUND

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Left #calm for a week
Whilst I finished with those lost
My yard gone to gold.

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If you sit on the left, you'll get a better view of the #mountain when we land.

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She calls
I'm so sorry
For all these thoughts
Up in my head
On sex and death and suicide
Pour from this book
That I just read
I'm chewing
On my knees and ankles
Heads up in a #cloud of smoke
My baby
Gives me a silence
Thick enough
We could choke

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#bequests are easy
The rest, not so
Letters, certificates
Executors' woe
Affadavits and riders
Leave those left worn
Inheritance is fine
If you get time to mourn.

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No #reprieve
Still alive
We'll rest up when we're not
No regret
Wild ride
This life is all we've got

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People
Urging
Righteousness?
Ignore
Their
Yapping

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#Renounce my name, but locked in this body, what good can it do? Stitches and bolts all they see. My father's shame, his monstrosity. Yet I hope. Hope to find those sympathetic. Those who would see only a man, of his own making

My name is Dan Franksten.

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Squirrels and Flicker
Rapping on rooftop resounds
Autumn's alarm clock

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#Nuture my nature
Best as I can
Remember my roots
Check my wingspan
Whether we've risen
From blueprints or chance
Im certain
I am only
What I am

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Birthday candles blown
Another roll round the sun
Guess what I wished for

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Dead #reckoning
Know where you are
By studying where you've been
History repeats
At least this time
You can remember
To bring a paddle.

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What shall we #hunger for?
Justice and truth?
Freedom and liberty?
A hot meal and a roof?
What shall we thrist for?
Magic and love?
Vengeance and power?
To rise up above?
Are we able?
Appetites drive
Compare compromise
Find we all share the same table

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The kid has moved out
We recline in our own chairs
Middle age #passion

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