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Against Nature

by Tralton Dumbo

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1.
Things We Learned After It Was Too Late 04:15
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They want to settle down They want to fold their arms a certain way But the lightning figured out And emptied out the town yesterday They’ve been walking for days Idle time leaves you so much to say News rolled in Like a fist from space Silence on the line then a hum in it’s place The abandoned business park Devoid of what little life was left A giant blinking wall holds back The rising water at its lip Desperation on the cliff A crowd of minds couldn’t right the ship water rolled in Swept the valley gone Time rolled on Who cares what went wrong We walk past statues and walls bed down at night We talk about ghosts on t.v. head down til light They want to see the sun They want to see the hole that’s opened wide But the cracks are spreading out And bringing in the guests from the divide They’ll want to see our names now Beneath all the bottle and the coins Empty out all of the bags The revolver hidden where the pockets joined
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Eerie Component 05:18
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The birds sing at night Keeping us up Storm cloud of conversation Signs of bad luck We waltz half blind Down the valley road All down 85 Shouldering the load Frozen empty truck stop Here we go again Dwindling shelf life Here we play pretend Honeysuckle swims in the air Helping us to sleep from A simple nightmare We sleep well Maybe too well, maybe too much But we sleep well In a fever, out the door delirious We sleep well, Like a whale, like a tired giant We sleep well, Maybe we don’t, probably not, not this week Gas station grab Trying to keep up Basement cigarettes Surely bad luck Pushed out, down the street Your county now adjoins Targets move back and forth They’re flipping all the coins Development, a funny word A meaning all its own A box devoid of meaning You used to call it home Honeysuckle swims in the air Helping us to sleep from A simple nightmare We sleep well Maybe too well, maybe too much But we sleep well In a fever, out the door delirious We sleep well, Like a whale, like a tired giant We sleep well, Maybe we don’t, probably not, not this week
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Nice Tantrum 03:47
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MaYBe LATer.
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The Pampas Cat Will Have Her Revenge 03:38
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They trapped one We switched off the light Forest portal tiny graveyard at night Quiet, acquired Silent around the curve Wore us down Turned a bike down an alleyway We had a fear We couldn’t shake doing anything Until a phone rang Cloudy valley road Leave the facility behind A headless figure Queen Anne’s lace covers the sign Tore it down Another decade this will all be mine Grown backwards A good run but now it’s time Until the phone rings
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Gauge on Empty 04:28
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Lost you in the green You were there Then you were not Time wears down some things Like a stone Or a thought You were an empty box, A hole in the floor A cricket in the tub, An open door I was never sure when You stepped behind the gate Another hidden passage Down and away I remember the gauge on e You said, it will be a while It felt like something bigger Another 10 miles Clutching onto your coffee your windows open wide Your attention always elsewhere Well I guess we tried When I saw you later on Lights out, shades drawn It felt like the end Then it didn’t, never does You were an empty box, A hole in the floor A cricket in the tub, An open door
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Museum Crimes 05:48
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A subject Presented The context Another night in the forest A family myth A scale Unbounded Carry your point like a crime Text tries but is tied The meaning Dead at application One tries One is lost One is tried Where’s the edit One tries One is moved One is movement Where’s the question An image Presented The reflex A glancing downward Equivocate An excuse Deflect deny We’re still waiting One tries One is lost One is tried Where’s the edit One tries One is moved One is movement Where’s the question A pattern Blood moving Through a chamber An unclean symbol A vice A viral glyph An endless curve A movement downward Here’s the fine Here’s the choice Here’s the barrier That's the walk Sleight of hand Here it's empty I am empty Filled with something An awful answer One tries One is lost One is tried Where’s the edit One tries One is moved One is movement Where’s the question

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About changes and endings (capitalism, cities, nature, family.)
Interpret at will though, I ain't mad about it.

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released January 16, 2019

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