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the return of correct answer man

most people wish us well
i guess
they just don’t say it in the way that i feel it
the t.v. with the sound off
that sort of thing
i could be wrong
they are using words
"o.k. fine alright it’s going"
nobody wants to really know how you’re doing
shit, i don’t
i guess i like the weather
for conversation
and stocks and old news
the way a downtown woman
belts out the blues
i can grab on to that
maybe all my answers
never amounted to much
holding up
like a cheap pawnshop crutch
when the church caved in
but what you’ve got
is me
this time
and if i pray
when noone’s looking
it’s this:

i hope i still have you
 


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