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from There Was a Car Crash Here by Marshall Milton

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Too late I came to the cave
Where I wanted to roam in August, but
The stale, and stunted august stalagmites
Stood there blocking my way to nitid veins
Of colored quartz

Pacing at Hell's maw I tried plaintively
To call you back to me

Threading my threnody through
Statues carved by time
One was an egg covered in moss, cracking, or hatching
Could I be so lucky someday
To shed my shell, and become
Something that's precious to someone

But I have no chrysilis
From which I might emerge a new
And I am no Orpheus
But still I'll sing for you

So come ye now this day assemble
Hang your burdens by the pines
And amidst laughter sing like sparrows
In the fires of July

Come ye now ye lonesome lovers
As ye beggars all call for alms
May this cave mouth be the shelter
Where we warm ourselves with song
As night grows long

Fireflies swim along the belt of Orion
And I thrive in thoughtless repose
Junebugs and moonshine hang in the air
Half asleep I dream of finding home
Or something close

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from There Was a Car Crash Here, released May 31, 2017

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