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I want a BOOK that'll make me drunk

full of freaks and disenfranchised punks.

No amount of hate no load of junk

no bag or words no costume trunk

could MAKE ME FEEL the same way

an inch an hour two feet a day

to move through night

in this most fashionable way.



There's this fuckin band you gotta see

they used to scare the living shit outta me.

No frothing dog no cool INSANITY

no "rock n' roll" no christianity

makes me feel the same way

an inch an hour two feet a day

to MOVE THROUGH NIGHT

with very little else to say

but i'm helpless less with the people

than the space



No struggletown no BEMUSED trudeau

no solitary walks through vacant lots

in moonglow



Tonight the WINTER may have missed its mark

you can see your breath in Springside Park

coffee-coloured ice and peeling birch bark the

sound of rushing water IN THE DARK

makes me feel the same way

an inch an hour two feet a day

to move through life

with very little else to say

but I'M HELPLESS more with the people

than the space

I mean I'm helpless less WITH the people

than the SPACE



YOU SEE, I DON'T KNOW NEIL

I DON'T KNOW NEIL