XIV

from Fetters by Negative Standards

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lyrics

the infinite, space occupied
concrete limbs dragged across the floor
route, routine, a wealth betrayed
roles failed, played, quartered, jockeyed
closed eyes and burning fires
thickened blood and expiration
branded to shape
fired clay from a four-part mold

the snowflake, the wildflower and the grain of sand, ice, scent, and grit
beauty, sense, and decay in mathematical precision
as the great cycles grind on, interminable examination
validity in the meaning of meaning, the choices left unmade

light the wick, stare inside
light the fuse, watch the flash
molecules in a steady march towards deconstruction

reflections of emotions
elicit the triggered response
blind to the bend in the mirror
distort, refract, enprismed glare

disease at the depths
backwards glances finding no return
refuge taken in hollow graves of craving
chimerical host, the proof of burden
condemned to indulgence a clerical reverie

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from Fetters, released June 17, 2016

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discography

Fetters

Jun 2016
Negative Standards/Whitehorse

Oct 2013
VI-XI

May 2012
I-V

Nov 2010

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