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from Battle Flowers by David Brown

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You've got a seasoned little heart, and you say it's in pain.
It makes me wonder what you're doing in your day to day.
Do you answer your mother's phone calls?
Do you understand your own short falls?
Is your pulse erratic, is there something on the line?
On paper you don't get a say
But on paper you're fine.

I've got a Little Egyptian accent, true.
I talk slowly but it's fast enough for you.
I drop a syllable here and there.
I could be eloquent, but I'd rather swear.
It's conversational, I use it when it's right.
On paper it seems so affected
But on paper it's fine.

A dog is yowling through the day and through the night.
The birds are landing to my left and to my right.
I say a silent little spell just to keep them where they are.
They hop and flutter little distances around my neighbor's car.
They clean their brilliant crimson plumage on the telephone line.
On paper their images are shaky, but on paper they're fine.

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from Battle Flowers, released February 12, 2017

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David Brown Bloomington, Indiana

Helicopters fly overhead. Cars rush by the window. Talkin' Neo-Nothing Blues. Escalators and hammering. A media grape-stomping.

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