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Hands gripped tight. State line in sight. In the backseat is all that I own: an old set of sheets, dusty LPs, a bruised and confused sense of home. Wait, don’t wait. I ain’t tempting fate. I’ll turn a blind eye to where I once fell. I need to find the right meter and rhyme to get myself out of this hell. Wait I hear Eurydice, my dear, but a Siren’s is a hollow farewell. “Please don’t wait” I hear Orpheus say. “If you turn back you’re under her spell.” So tonight I’ll just drive down I-75 and wave goodbye to the hand I once held. The Midwest is kind but the faithful are blind. The fact is that one day we’re all doomed. I crossed that state line and stole a look behind. In a glance I was entranced and entombed. Wait, don’t wait. I ain’t tempting fate. I’ll turn a blind eye to where I once fell. I need to find the right meter and rhyme to climb myself out of this hell. Wait I hear Eurydice, my dear, but a Siren’s is a hollow farewell. “Please don’t wait” I hear Orpheus say. “If you turn back you’re under her spell.” So tonight I’ll just drive down I-75 and wave goodbye to the hand I once held. Object in this mirror are closer than they appear. Wait, don’t wait. I ain’t tempting fate. I’ll turn a blind eye to where I once fell. I need to find the right meter and rhyme to get myself out of this hell. I hear Eurydice, my dear, it’s time I said, “so long, fare thee well.” I promised my hand. Yours you withheld; a snake charmer who’s armor I felled. So tonight I’ll just drive down I-75 and wave goodbye to the hand I once held.

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from Dear Dionysus, Sweet Aphrodite, released September 10, 2013

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