Nathaniel Hawthorne

from Rowlett Smiles by Derrick Rice

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Faces that we have seen
strobe light flashes
drift through endless dreams
stacks of paper
stories that we can't tell on our faces
stories that we can't tell
in neat arrangement

Staring down the day
open windows
fall down on my face
for 12 more hours
nothing ever seems lost or forgotten
no one ever seems lost
but I can't remember
*
Tell me is this a sign
or just another symptom
microscopic illusion, a walk along a pier
tanglewood and lilacs
my words are growing violet
it's just like you were never here
watch my body slowly disappear
*
You could make like Nathaniel Hawthorne, kid
cut yourself off for a while
narcissus dream, pretty make believe just might
tap you on the shoulder
so don't lose that edge about you or sell yourself too short
things aren't what they seem the world's in between silence
and the crowd's restless noise
you can make a mess of who you were
drain your wounds until they're dry
and get up like you always do
shocked that you still survived
this world don't need another recluse afraid of the sunshine
pick up your burdens, move along
through the ever changing...

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from Rowlett Smiles, released October 19, 2014

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