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In France or Prague (Single)

by Irving Washington

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The morning light is stern Though I toss and turn It grants me no relief I wake in disbelief Who thought, who'd know That the seven a.m. glow That lights the urban streets Could be so free of heat? He's been on my mind A memory bright and kind Twinkling fuzzy warm All throughout my dorm He said to me In drunken revery By the front porch light On a speckled night: I don't like the stars Or Polar Pops or cars But I love the moon Though it leaves to soon I coat my teeth and skin With pastes and creams again I scarf down processed wheat Make sure my hair is neat I am not late But I will not wait The soles of my shoes tell me That there's no time to lose Another lifeless day I'll slave for meager pay To waste my youth for free I wonder if he's still thinking of me I pull into work My porchlit nighttime shirked Replaced by mauve and grey I wish I was away In France or Prague I'd sleep like a log I would caw and crow While my love lays and lows
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"Every night as I gazed up at the window I said softly to myself the word 'paralysis.' It had always sounded strangely in my ears like the word 'gnomon' in the Euclid and the word 'simony' in the catechism. But now it sounded to me like the name of some maleficent and sinful being. It filled me with fear and yet I longed to be nearer to it and to look upon its deadly work."

-James Joyce, 'Dubliners' (1914)
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Special thanks to Alicia, Lucas, Grant, and Anders.

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released February 28, 2018

Written, recorded & mixed by Irving Washington.

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