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The sun leads the hymn
As the riverside memorial sings
The remembrance Sunday service
And the oars rise and sink
Barely splashing
As the boats go racing
Under the bridge
To the decks of the club
Still heavy from the flood
But drying in the warm summer sun

That’s where I cut my hand
On some carelessly discarded can
Where the underage drinkers hang
And the drops of blood ran
As only they can
And I watched them crash land
On my double-spaced pad
They sign off each verse
Summoning the demons
That live between each of my words

Today is my friend’s birthday
But I’m not at the party
I’m down by the river
Staring at the water
There’s a boy locked inside
With a face just like mine
But his flows and it twists
I’m so jealous of it
Because mine is constant
It just is what it is

A plastic bag floats
A past life’s expressionless ghost
And I wish time was recyclable
Just like my old clothes
Shoes without soles
I could just let them go
To a new home
Maybe buy them back again
As something different
Like a note from an absent parent

There’s this girl I’ve been watching
A little too often
She reminds me of an actress
I can’t think what her name is
She sits and she reads
Under the tree amongst the leaves
I don’t know what she’s reading
Because her book is transparent
Like her delicate skin
She never leaves, she never really is

Life comes in phases
And memorable phrases
That fill up the spaces
Between what was and what is
The ghosts that exist
Are the ones created
From a need to recapture something

L. Switzer

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from .​.​.​and the smile was on the crocodile (live), released October 9, 2013
Written and performed by Lee Switzer
Recorded and mixed by Al Heslop

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