09 July 2013

Fetus On A Leash




we write songs just abstract enough, so they feel OK weeping with us
but we have some specifics we are trying to hide from 
like
the 18th of July 2013
like 
a fetus on a leash*

maybe there is a common enough thread
as we drift
after all

drowning in the same waters
all together

all together now
grasping each other in panic as we sink

can i look you in the eye?
together now
all together now
can i look the boy in the eye?
fetus on a leash
to be let go on 18th of july 2013

so long
farewell
tidy boys
take care
all the best
it is up to you now
fetus on a leash

here are the numbers to call
the people to reach out to
because we are
letting you go

all together now
letting go
of the fetus on a leash

-For Mitch




"I have a Fetus on a leash" is a line from the song 'Jubilee Street' by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds