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letra de afterlife - ben lapidus

i dreamt i was six years old
tucked in to the family fold
laundry in the living room
image of the bride and groom
framed and hanging from the mantel
brother with a roman candle
sister’s nose inside a book
silent love, dirty look
silver spoon, paper plate
golden child, garter snake
garden state, overpass
melted street, itchy grass
subject folders, knees and toes
student body, bl–dy nose
bedroom walls, ocean blue
free from any notion of who

he was who he was
he was who he was
he was who hе was
he was who he was
he was who hе was
he was who he was
he was—

free from pretense, free from story
free from dreams of fame and glory
purity, chloroform
slept right through the thunderstorm
i dreamt i was six years old
tucked into the family fold
i dreamt i was six years old
ripped out from the—
the accident, the lightning rod
the ambulance, the act of god
the open flame, the kitchen knife
the car exhaust, the afterlife
the tunnel, the abandoned bridge
the light inside the fridge
the hinges broken off the bedroom door
the tantrum in the grocery store
the carcass in the swimming pool
the funeral, the family jewel
the therapist, the realtor’s son
the settlement, the college fund
the bigger house, the nicer school
the greener grass, the golden rule
the scarlet birthmark red wine stain the carpet
past life on the market
zero down, four-door sedan
two-car garage, three-floor plan
bedroom walls freshly painted
kitchen newly renovated
vigil in the living room
the future widow, the former groom
framed and hanging from the mantel
brother lights a yahrzeit candle
sister flips through memory books
mother sits, the neighbor cooks
he was who he was
he was who he was
he was who he was
he was who he was
he was who he was
he was who he was
he was who he was

- ben lapidus

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