The Idiot Gambler

from God Knows What by Conductors

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I’ll always place all my bets on you.
I don’t have much to lose.
There isn’t much I have accrued
betting on you.
I still place all my chips on you,
even if they only add up to two.
I open myself up for abuse.

I can be your poor knight if I want to.
I can be pathetic and devoted too.
I can let myself be eroded too.
Still won’t know if we win or lose.

Devotion’s not so tasteful,
kindness is embarrassing.
I’ve been a proud man
not for any real reason.

It’s can be easy
to make symmetry,
and you sometimes see
simple sympathy.

I am still wishing
to live like Prince Myshkin,
to love like Prince Myshkin,
but there’s a problem.

One becomes bothersome,
but I don’t know how.
Kindness becomes bothersome.
I’m not sure why.

Kindness is easily understood.
It’s not easily done.
It’s punished repeatedly.
It takes responsibility.
It’s strong and sure of itself.

Unconcerned with recognition,
reaches out to those that flee with flaws,
casual with all, withal,
tries not to control,
It withstands.
Kindness withstands.

Don’t turn away.
Don’t be afraid to love more
than you are loved.
And try to learn just how to love.

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from God Knows What, released May 19, 2014

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"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' " ... more

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