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The magazine needs flippin’ through

The calendar needs tearing too

The dry veins in the brown leaves start to cry

And you’ve got old man’s hands to weigh

Anniversaries to celebrate

Purple lips to part in a heart to ransack

Every step you take is writ

Down in a great book you envision

Somewhere off in the clouds where they know you’re pure

A sick shadow is hanging low

She holds your secret just to let it go

And you’ve never stabbed a villain in the back before

 You’re a fearful man

 Your hands shake

And your eyes dance along the landscape

Looking for the next best place to run

 Into a ditch or a dead end

Through the alley or out on Main

To the epicenter or to the sun

Enjoy.