Alexander S. Hampshire
Accompany Ricky on the search for the back of his own face.
This is what has been here for years but hasn't seen the air or
lost friends. In the room with quarantined films about water -
I'm sorry he avoided tape recorders for all of these years.
I know the brown edges of his voice clenched onto a fake
accent with willful surprise. I know in 1992 the only place
to sleep was the bottom of local floors. A fake accent in the middle
of the afternoon kept everyone on the patio asleep on the patio
except a few of the loudest instigators.
A high council of regret and seashells.
Without a provisional license the heist music continued. Accompany
Ricky on the search for the back of his own neck and construction of his
lips. This is what has been here for years but hasn't seen the back of it's
own face. A high council of regret and seashells. A fake accent in the
afternoon. I'm sorry he avoided tape recorders for all of these years too.
I know in 1992 the only place to sleep was the bottom of local floors.
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