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Fig. 2

by impaled peach

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1.
Peaches grow in fields aglow with Sunlight in the summer Feeling warm, the coming storm, it Threatens them with thunder Clouds advance with breezes blowing Showers show no sign of slowing Hail impales the peaches where they slumber Bees abuzz with peachy fuzz fly Flagging through the flowers Trees are flecked with sparkling specks of Water from the showers Petals catch the raindrops’ drumming Hear the summer birds are humming The river takes the rain away The moss is soaked for days Pitted peaches while away the hours
2.
Head to toe, she let her body swallow All the city water she could drink Dipped her pretty head into the sink For she didn't think That anyone would mind her swimming In the cloudy water where she lay Let her tender hair hang where it may On her dying day The sun rose, but it didn't shine The river flows, but it's only brine Her love still grows, but it isn't mine
3.
Your Alarm 03:49
Wake up Rise and shine The sun is fat and red You're such a sleepyhead Wake up This is your alarm Get up You're wasting time Your legs are made of lead Can't you roll out of bed? Wake up This is your alarm Fuck-up You're no friend of mine So give me your excuse And I'll take your abuse Wake up This is your alarm
4.
The Hour 02:40
Windows at night shine into mine Mine glows humbly with the moon A shadow of some bedroom wall Is thrown across the yard Where the garden gets no sunlight till noon Slim silhouette runs up a tree Tree bends gently with the weight Though floorboards creak and walls can shift Bricks are here to stay And no matter where you run, the streets are straight Candle, candle, dim upon my face Call your light, your child in flight Back from my pillowcase Candle, candle, dim upon my face Call your light, your child in flight Back from my pillowcase Wind at the wall howls to the night Night crawls softly with the hour The hour
5.
Moss 04:07
Keeping time on the kingfisher's climb And our consciences clean By knocking the knots in the wood that we got For our adding machine Run so the sun never sets Till we run out of breath Tracing the moon dimly penned by a tune That no one will hear Because brick-braided alleys make steep, sleeping valleys Seem level and clear Run so the sun never sets Till we run out of breath All we are is moss on a rolling stone Fluttering falls past the cemetery walls Where the paupers are weighed By hanging medallions and anthracite stallions In vaulted arcades Run so the sun never sets Till we run out of breath All we are is moss on a rolling stone
6.
The lampshades are burning The streetlight has been turning itself on My eyes have been hurtin' My blood and the curtains have been drawn Ever since my sunshine has been gone The fireflies are swarming And dewdrops are forming on the lawn The crickets are screaming The blackbird has been dreaming all along Ever since my sunshine has been gone
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The River 03:13
Learn That feet may mar Juturna's spring With trampled dust debris, But wind will move the tarnished tide to sea; That though she flies, the cooing dove Will never know to sing; That no decree From up above Can save our love; That weakened, we Can't but a string In Cupid's crowded quiver Shove Know That I step once into a river But cannot again, For waters now were not the waters then, And I and myself past are different men; That if you douse the flame of care I'll greet you with a shiver; That even when The stream runs rare Or flame lacks air In Neptune's den, They still deliver Till there's not a thing To spare
9.
Sloppy Pear 01:45
10.
The sound around you closes in And knocks around your head Every word you ever knew Is known to it instead The town around you builds another Block around your head Nothing that you'd ever do Could take back all the words you've said The town around you crumbles
11.
Jellies 02:57
Yesterday, we woke up with the sunlight in our eyes The brightest way to wake up of them all And when I felt your fingers on my head, It took me by surprise 'Cause jellyfish don't swim upon your wall Do me no harm The jellyfish alarm Remember on the train, it took us thirty stops uptown I thought we'd never make it to the park And when we'd had enough of sunshine, We came back down I napped upon your shoulder after dark Give me your arm The jellyfish alarm
12.
I fall as the slow sea crests Just as hulking, white snow-tree nests When chopping, are timber tops toppling Waves crash as a sea bough dropping I climb as the cliff-end peaks Whither summit the stiff, bent creeks Whose frowning, ice-crystal crown crowning Holds down my heavy head drowning I sink as the pale, rough moon's Sloughing tides drain the stale lagoons When flowing, brute undertow towing Know elsewhere the white waves growing
13.
I saw you yesterday You said you couldn't stay You're gonna follow the setting sun When I saw you yesterday, your head was hollow You couldn't wait to get away—no map to follow now You're gonna pack it up and run You don't know where you're going now Even though where you're going now Time won't go anywhere And the season's turning I saw you yesterday You said you couldn't stay You're takin' off for the west Not really sure where you'll rest Just gotta get this off your chest
14.
Cold Floes 02:33
15.
Without the April wind to send their song, The mourning doves of Middlesex are singing And will be heard never again from long Away, if graduation bells are ringing And now November rains erode the nests That mourning doves assembled in the gardens From where their mild and wind-warm coos caressed My ear, to quiet earth that cools and hardens
16.
Saw you in Penn Station on the phone In a room of twenty people, all alone You didn't lift your head When the announcement came over the speaker Just had a feeling in your bones: "This is the last thing I want to do" Saw you with your fingers in your ears As the siren certified your fears You didn't want to help 'Cause you knew you weren't my sister Happy as long as nobody hears: "This is the last thing I want to do" Saw you with your makeup in a mess You'll be down in fifteen minutes, no less You never considered That you deserved someone's affection I'd like to know if you have any regrets This is the last thing I want to do

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Here's the second one. Some of these songs are as old as 12 years or as young as a couple of months. All were written, performed, and produced by me.

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released May 29, 2017

Everything: E. A. Bartholomew

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