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house eulogy #139; the last big hurrah was, as expected, a massive anticlimax.

from Tortoiseshell Male in​.​.​. the Befuddling Mystery of the Moratorium by Tortoiseshell Male

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i've begun hanging round building sites
in the hope that i get small metal shards in my eyes
it's like crying for the first time
over batteries not included
ahh they looked good in photos
but they tottered on heels
as unwieldy as is usual for svengal.
me? i'm intelligent enough to know that i'm not clever
and to know i'll never look good in make-up again
and the greatest revelation that i've ever had on drugs
is realising i'm a dickhead.

it's me versus the silverfish with a spraycan of room odouriser
the next hour will consist of listening to the last hour again...

let me clear my throat
till i cough blood like some parallel of puking
and something about supermarkets that i forgot to write down.
all my friends are going bald.
i have selective amnesia - i choose what to forget
i may forget i don't forgive myself for forgetting to forgive forgotten.
i'm embarassing songs about women
as an ice cream van avant jazz solos over gerudo desert most splendidly
as i'm still trying not to sound insulted
hours after phone call ended
in fact the next day's flower shop and thank yous still somehow intact.

retracting morning claws inward with the first dose
it's always both the and for the best.

hunting for needles in a sea of draw distance is still so much better than real life could ever be...
refreshing but dubious.
motherandchildrockswaterfallbasinred
glorifying the horsehead sphere as was said of someone
i can only assume played baseball.
meanwhile the poodle people preen themselves for pubshowing
i stay home which is also my head
i stay home which is also my head unless it rains.

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from Tortoiseshell Male in​.​.​. the Befuddling Mystery of the Moratorium, released November 5, 2008
Josef Motley - vocals, loops, samples
Mister Ostritch - sampled guitar

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