Scrap Metal Crow

from New Conscience by Fred Kelly

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The tired eyes of another sleepless night
skin bleached by artificial light
a mind of ash
Coffee with milk, no sugar
but a couple cubes of spite
and the dread that weighs like lead
on my insides

Tripping over the unassembled pieces
of the adult I should be by now
Kick aside the reams of paper
full of the letters I’ll never write
fight my way through the hanging doubts that
I’m not cut out to make it on my own
Cut out to make it on my own
Not cut out to make it on my own

Scrap metal crow
perched by my bedside
fly through my window
and eat the crickets keeping me up
Scrap metal crow
won’t you offer me wisdom
your loyal shadow
shields me from the lamppost outside

Pockets full of folded tissues
for the melted brain
that’s dripping out my nose all day
onto my shirt
Headphones for the times I need to
drown this voice of mine
until these taxing thoughts subside
and quiet remains

Tripping over the unassembled pieces
of the adult I should be by now
Kick aside the reams of paper
full of the letters I’ll never write
fight my way through the hanging doubts that
I’m not cut out to make it on my own
Cut out to make it on my own
Not cut out to make it on my own

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from New Conscience, released March 19, 2016

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