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Today I pulled all the furniture in
like a bulwark of missing teeth
Tied the sheets like a quilt of all the things that I could be
The mop stick towered proudly
taped to the back of the chair
that your grandpa got when they came here after the war

I lay the cushions down one by one to the sound
of a crow outside singing everything will work out right
With some faith and the sense to know the difference
between forgetting and moving on
but all of my straight lines are bending to ellipses

I counted up the distance
from the top of the chesterfield
to the broom we bought when we left our adolescence
I held all the corners
of my linen parachute
and closed my eyes and spun as I let it go

I lay the cushions down one by one to the sound
of a crow outside singing everything will work out right
I know it's not real
but I wish that I could build
a palace made of sheets so that I could fall
so that I could fall…

Into a sleep so deep
I'd never need to clench my teeth again
or scan the starlit skyline
for why your still my Lois Lane
As I scale the edge of a cut so deep
I buried all the markers
with the boy I used to be

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from Thunder Amongst Us, released August 7, 2015

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Heartbeat City Winnipeg, Manitoba

Standing amid a cozy mess of instruments, Heartbeat City weaves a patch-work quilt of honest, stripped-down, city ballads that seem strangely comforting. From Ian's voice soaring above delicate chimes of guitar, to the subtle soothing strength of the tactful blend of rhythm and melody, they move listeners. ... more

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