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you'll catch no reward for
being scatter-brained all the time
or complaining that your new set of skin
has some freckles taking up space
splitting hairs while cotton ball ears
soak every drop of blood out of every word said
well it's keeping me warm to know
that imperfection stays flexible

I'll just pretend I know what is beautiful
that each mistake made is adjustable

you won't catch a break for
being a scaredy-cat all the time
or bending into uncomfortable shapes
and pretending you've found your place

you've got color dripping from your brow like beads of sweat
I can paint it, I can frame it, I can hang it on my wall
another night spent alone writing down these lines
you can keep them, you can love them, you can hide them all away
and as they're sitting at the base of a hollow trunk
I can paint it, I can frame it, I can hang it on my wall
and we'll just close the door on creativity,
board up the windows so it can't peer inside

we'll keep framing mediocrity as abstract and give it a place in our homes

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from A Blackbird Teaches The Alphabet!, released January 1, 2016

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A Blackbird en Route is an experimental rock project started in Seattle, Washington by Weston Wrzesinski and Mike Igano.

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