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Vaseline (For Lillian Gish)

from SHAME MUSIC by Alex Walton

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two margaritas and an antacid
the last supper of the pleonastic
tell me what you see in me and
ill tell you why its plastic
something borrowed something
new take another face from the
shelf cuz what else can i do but
list all my faults to myself
its all vaseline on the lens
its all vaseline its all pretense
i talk about books ive never read
she talks about the rangers
i always give too much too fast
to complete strangers
theres all kinds of things
im not at liberty to say
but this is just some dumb pop song
and i haven't slept in days
pepsi cola called me up
said everything is for naught
so if nothing matters in this
life might as well spend what
youve got you finish your
microwave dinner ill smoke
my doral lights the one good
thing i can say about myself
is that i never put up a fight
they're making a movie on
the streets of austin texas
today somebody told me its
a radical film the people are
attractive in a real life way
smear a handful on the glass
and make the edges blur
everything will come to
pass but that dont mean
it wont hurt

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from SHAME MUSIC, released December 20, 2020

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