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Licked Envelope

from Familiar Failure by Conductors

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I licked the envelope closed,
but the letter remains
and the taste on my tongue -
the glue reminds.

I remember when
I wished to be heard.
I thought it would heal
any possible wound.

When I write it so simple and clear
it never gets sent.
It's more polite to conceal,
less shameful to hide.

O it's been decided -
desire should be hidden.

Letters never answered
may sting more than
those letters never sent,
and it makes people timid.
We think we're so safe
in our silence and darkness.

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from Familiar Failure, released April 1, 2015

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Conductors Chicago, Illinois

"Mona tried to tell me
To stay away from the train line
She said that all the railroad men
Just drink up your blood like wine
An’ I said, 'Oh, I didn’t know that
But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
An’ he just smoked my eyelids
An’ punched my cigarette' "
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