elephant in the room

from nearly caught the railing by the man who fell in buffalo

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elephant in the room

i'm not inclined to kill you
you know exactly what i mean
but when i see you hanging with that guy you say you love
i've got a mind to hang you off that chestnut tree

i got your number tuesday
thursday she said you moved away
i called you up on wednesday but i guess it didn't take
so now i'm left to think about what i failed to say

but i've got peace
and i've got joy
but i've got less of both when you admit you found both in that boy
and i've got love
i just assume
but it sure as hell ain't an elephant in the room

try as i might i'm famished
i'll eat you out of house and field and home
and when i can't forget i'll drink a hole inside your creek
and try to drown the bits of you i've never known

but i've got peace
and i've got joy
but i've got less of both when you admit you found both in that boy
and i've got love
i just assume
but it sure as hell ain't an elephant in the room.

and i've got joy
and i've got peace
'cause if i do or if i don't won't ever change things in the least
and i've got love
i just assume
but it sure as hell ain't an elephant in the room

no,
like a bell with a cotton clapper, or,
a mute addict set out to score
or a poet who just quit his job
as an extra in les miserables
or a three week fetus in the womb
it sure as hell ain't an elephant in the room
it sure as hell ain't an elephant in the room

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from nearly caught the railing, released January 1, 2015

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