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I took the flag down
as soon as you were in the ground
and kept it for myself,

but I don't take your slippers off,
though they do slip off a lot --
too much to fill.

And you taught me how to yell
and when not to.
I still can't tell
which I should do right now.

And you taught me to boil water in eggshells
to make the ghost confess:
yes, he was a child,
but it was now so long ago,
and it's impossible to know
what we have witnessed.

And, with a small wood-carving tool,
you taught me more than I learned in school
or anywhere:

how to bore a hole in things,
fill the absence with false dreams,
and let it slowly burn

to smoke a salmon we once caught
(although the meat's begun to rot)
slow and low
and long-since longing for a song.

But you taught me to boil water in eggshells
to make the ghost confess:
yes, he was a child,
but it was now so long ago,
and it's impossible to know
what we have witnessed.

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from Beside Seaside B​-​sides, track released June 21, 2013

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Homunculust Portland, Oregon

Busted love.
Booty love.
Possible monsters.
Actual monsters.

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