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The Lazy Shoe Gazers

from Two Thousand and Twelve by Sean Mugan

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It’s easy to see why the ladies tend to prefer you over me
With your rugged good looks and your hypersensitivity
But I’ll still pine for her if it’s all the same to you
I’ve learned a long time ago I can only be happy when I’m feeling blue

And the lakes and the rivers
and the seas all lead to one place
Like the lines and the angles
and the planes that make up her face

Slumped in the schoolyard shoe gaze ear pod
Clumped in the metro retro all-starred
Glide through the streetlights, knees bent, in flight
Ride out the red bull, buck up, chins up, sit tight

And the takes and the gives
and the pleas all blend into one sound
Like the streets and the houses
and the gutters that make up this town

Thin legged tapered hips, lips in a proud pout
Main stream fauxhawk clash with the dad rock
Ring around my nosey, pocket full of text type
Bags packed below the eyes, ready for our nightly skype

And the snakes and the ladders
and the race all end the same
Like the rules that seem to only matter
when we all agree to play the same game

Call home through cell phone, all’s well, real swell
Churn out the hogwash, eye drops, mouthwash
Pass through the turnstile, style turned, smiled words
Fast through the front door, socks on the floorboards
Hijack the laptop, profound scroll down
Late night update, quote from the laureate

“I should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas”

I know you don’t want to hear this
but I have the strangest dreams
Impossible complexity and brutal filth
that does not scare me
Alarm clock broken, I mend what I can back together
though it’s gone by the time
I’ve dried myself off from my morning shower

But I’ll still pine for me if it’s all the same to you
I’ve learned a long time ago
I can only be happy when I’m feeling blue

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from Two Thousand and Twelve, released May 8, 2012

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Sean Mugan Saint Catharines, Ontario

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