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I’ll know that I’m not worried about dying when I
forget my last dream where I woke up in the house
of my grandmother singing, while the landlord’s knocking.
She pretends she doesn’t hear him, when the money’s running low.

Her mouth makes silver sounds when mine doesn’t
Now the only songs we’re singing are the only truths we know.

And I mean it, sure enough.
Sure as a deadbeat lies, sure as a dog dies.
Forgive me if I feel ashamed.

She’d tell me to listen to my father’s humming.
That it could teach me a lot more than a book could ever say.
But he’s mostly been quiet since the landlord decided
That there’s no use in running, when the hounds are still at bay.

His mouth made silver sounds, now it doesn’t.
Now all he does is listen for knocking at the door.

And I mean it, sure enough.
Sure as a deadbeat lies, sure as a dog dies.
Forgive me if I feel ashamed.

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from Catskill Comedian Blue, released September 18, 2020

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Johnny "Stickerboy" Owens Kingston, New York

Solo music of multi-instrumentalist John Owens, a printmaker based out of Kingston, New York.

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