Mary, Stay the Course

from The Disposition of My Vital Organs by Kevin Janus

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I fell in love with a princess she made sure that I meant all of my words
when it came to distress no interest in such things are so absurd
in the light of a candle we flicker and we falter we burn out
on the marble alter our hopes are framed and we can figure out
I’m still drying out
I’m still drying out
all the while we’re running turning out heads away from this gruesome scene
but the static’s stunning planted roots contentment disbelief
devil in the details it’s madness it is mayhem mark my words
in the pit of despair the only certain thing is we’re uncured
it’s seldom in spades darkness is still darkness in that suit
call in the cabaret cadences in cunning combat boots
in the mist of morning magic is as magic does in here
in the brisk of warning baiting all our scars that heaven bears
at the foot of the fairgrounds I’m sweating I am soaking in my sheets
the right rarely resounds cherishing the chore inside my cheeks
now the beast of burden’s screaming out and now our throats are getting hoarse
sacrilegious short stick save me now Mary stay the course
Mary stay the course
Mary stay the course
Mary stay the course
Mary stay the course

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from The Disposition of My Vital Organs, released January 20, 2020

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