Close Me Up

from The Stars Are Real by Das Phaedrus

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Close Me Up

I was in a gravity trap in the office
Getting sucked down through a six foot hole in the floor
My desk going all transformer, gonna flip its lid
And come back as a pine box baby I’m sure
And you’re right there in the doorway and I know…
I know I can’t be dead because there won’t be no angels where I go
Perched on a heron leg you’re asking me now ‘Is this a memoir’
And I say ‘Baby no, not yet’
That would imply the end, looking back
I hear that round the way a lot these days and I say fuck that
In fact, just open it up, I think you’ll find
A pretty accurate transcription of every word you and I
Said, never said, meant to say, didn’t
Tried to get to carry a weight it just couldn’t
The only thing that keeps me alive is every time you walk away
You never once ever ever said goodbye
I think what I actually said was just something like
‘Just something I thought maybe you would like’
Jealousy killed the cat
Curiosity found out where the cat was at
And passed it on to jealousy
I don’t even know if the cat is a he or a she or The Cat in the Hat
Yeah, it’s still a catastrophe
Everyone in Othello needed to die, just in the reverse order
This is why I gave you a book of empty pages
The reason is you are the writer
The reason is you are the writer
The reason is you are the writer
OK, close me up

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from The Stars Are Real, released March 15, 2023

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