An Amateur Opera

from NURSERY MYTHS by THE BLACK AND WHITE YEARS

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o, what an odd bedfellow -
the lousy breath of imminent whiskey death in my pillow
wakes me up from the cruel sleep show.
my attempts weren't glimpsed and only garnered the attention of the sparrows.
o, i thought your beauty was ugly.
i concluded that it wasn't pretty. not to me.
o, i thought your beauty was ugly.
you were hoping to make something to outweigh suffering.
you were trying to fake something like in the movies.
now i'm trying to make something worth remembering.
o, let us unite our shadows
we'll throaty-caw like some amateur opera in the streets below
your old flat - your crowded studio.
my attempts were thin and only proffered the illusion i was so-so.
o, i thought your beauty was empty.
i concluded that you aren't sexy. not to me.
o, i thought your beauty was ugly.
now i'm hoping to find something to outweigh suffering.
now i'm hoping to find something like what i've been reading.
now i'm hoping to make something worth remembering.
my little dirty thing.
pariah keeps on smiling.
lipstick on swollen lips.
pariah, how are you smiling?
o, i think your beauty is ugly.
yes. i've concluded that you aren't sexy. not exactly.
o, i think your beauty is empty.
you're just trying to find something to outweigh suffering.

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from NURSERY MYTHS, released September 19, 2009

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