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many flowers

from Flowers and Cats by Ben McCormick

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lyrics

smiling is only
for the weak hearted people
who don't know
that there's anything
in this world that's sacred
that anything means anything
beyond the blood and bones
wedding rings
hidden happy things
below the stairs
as we stared for hours
and everything became everything again

so you don't smile
at the people
who come by your house
each hour to check
that you're okay
so you don't smile
so you won't
lose this feeling

too deep the wound
to be healed just by moonlight
and everything
went dead and dry
no signs of life
where you reside
in your tinder box
like a firefly
some faraway children
have caught
they forgot about it
and it died

so you don't smile
at the people
who drop by like
once a week
with kids and act so happy
so you don't smile
so you won't
lose this feeling

but you won't tell them that
in the morning over tea
when you were born
everything was a dream
before it went numb
it was everything
you thought it should be
til that sunday morning
you missed the warning signs
now your house is overrun
with weeds

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from Flowers and Cats, released January 11, 2019

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Ben McCormick Barrington, Rhode Island

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