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The Modest Triumphs of a Life Examined

from At midnight, The Birdsong by Jake and the Leprechauns

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THE MODEST TRIUMPHS OF A LIFE EXAMINED


Restless July
With back stuck to bedsheet,
The house a fishtank,
Inescapable

They’ve expanded plans for the highway
Through pristine farmland
(the uxorious man always forgets
his own hand)

The ink of impossible wars
And market disasters
Is spread thin
On our brass knockers

And I’m still looking for
Something that will move me,
Some kind of levity,
Like the loon on the docks, in the rain

Vernal longings
Turn to summer warnings

Fire will spare no one.

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from At midnight, The Birdsong, released June 22, 2010

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