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Triple Crown

by Upstairs

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another kick in the teeth this christmas
our lawyers say we'll be alright
settle out of court for the cost of a brand new tuned up bike
all alone again at arlins this holiday night

it's time
always well spent
friendships look too realistic
["give my regards to the king of the manor . . ."]
spend the holidays in cigarette prison
your folks sidestep questions from friends about
how i make my living
invited to the church's beer release party
[our uncles with guns will sing, "joy to the world, the LORD &c"]
this is heaven
it's humiliating

and in come days i waste the best years of my life,
chasing monsters around 34th and 6th—
it’s all so temporary,
a home lost to a memory, a torch you’re no longer carrying
["and grift and grift and grift and grift
but god, can't think about another year of this, just--"]
but don’t speak, just listening

it's time
always well spent
friendships look too realistic
spend the holidays in cigarette prison
your folks sidestep questions from friends about
(—and try to count the hours in the workday
thinking about losing love to chemotherapy
tell ‘em, “you can beat the thing”
i hear that she can beat the thing, but sometimes i’m not so sure
pockets lined with bennies, one day they’ll call you king
[all holy and graceful and dressed up for battle--]
the hum from condos, alarms with no batteries
if this is heaven —)
how i make my living
prayers are thoughts that are ancient the moment they get said
["Who rules the world, with truth and, truth and . . .?"]
this is heaven
it's humiliating

used to wish for a letter, used to wish for a song, but not anymore—fuck, where did it go wrong
let up again, feel the puzzle of puzzles
if this is heaven then it fits me like a muzzle
if this is heaven, it’s humiliating
this is heaven
it's humiliating

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released December 30, 2019

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