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Monarch

from JOYMAYKR by The Grievance Club

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Seventeen alarms ago,
I swiftly bypassed my clock radio
and sunk back down into my hole
haphazardly.
I'm almost smart enough
to outsmart me.

In my head, ego dreams;
The cars in front of me split evenly
Playing tetris to accommodate
me
the protagonist all-encompassing,
daydreaming across the red sea
driving northbound on 43

But I drag concrete feet across the floor
Sidestepping past the leather burning through yours
watch the colors pool around my feet,
and you're standing too close to me.

Now my feet breathe
while twisting in knots
Constantly turning copper to rot
One or two quiet months above doubt
Fell for secure and the bottom fell out
I traded comfort and flexibility,
carbon for security

A backstock smile and fluorescent blue bones,
A flowerbed below for a handful of stones

And all these new kids, they turn like the leaves.
When they look at the monarch, what do they see?
Seasoned and stock-still
Yellowed from the light
It stares back at me.

A comfort trap disguised as stability
Standing stark still on a trapeze
Juggling concrete blocks tied to my feet
and dragging them home with me

I can be more than the sum of my yield
I can be more than the product of my labor
A backstock smile and blood orange bones
A flowerbed below : A handful of stones

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from JOYMAYKR, released February 25, 2022

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