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Serendipitous

from Spine Adagio by Joplin Rice

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I watched the evidence run spirals through the water
& I know I should’ve stopped her but I’m just one Jelly Prince

I turned back the events to birth & then before
from the grass until the floor & on my arms your fingerprints

I know that explosions will roll through me soon enough
pooled around your feet in the release of aching love
I promised I would think before the moment swept me up
serendipitous

And Faking faces to escape the cruel bondage
But there never was a hostage
just one tiny part of me

& is it so obscene if I never tell a soul?
will my innocence stay whole
or will it bleed out in the heat?

will you lay me down into a hole without a key/I’ll reach inside & twist to see
you will scream & promise me/ everything that I believe
your hands will find me wet & weak/ your breath will stop so you can squeeze
the chair you sat in patiently/& it won’t be over ‘till you speak

& I married you inside a lucid dream
put the ring around your finger then you disappeared from me
the carefully drawn rival that all will shove to see
is awaiting the arrival of the one she will defeat

will you lay me down into a hole I cannot see
don’t you wish that you could be just as beautiful as me?

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from Spine Adagio, released June 23, 2012

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Joplin Rice Lexington, Kentucky

Joplin Rice is a songwriter living in Richmond, Kentucky.
He has released numerous other albums both under his own name and as Ezra Triste.
Every band he forms dies.

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