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Such Wrecks

from There's No Such Luck by Ivan Rivers

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Written June of 2018. Hallucinations and divinations with some lovely pedal steel by Aaron.

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The comets have such space to cross
No rime its rhyme, warm albatross
A starlight swim, a cavern’s cost
Without eyes

Burn the baby’s bounce and bubble
An anarchist amongst the rubble
Sung tongues of love, a winsome trouble
What help am I

Stephanie she stung the devil
Bit off their nose and laughed and revelled
They’re tossing rings, I’m left dishevelled
Bled but wry

Some populace all prim and proper
I’m met by winks from knowing doctors
The brothers came, ransacked and conquered
Moat is dry

There’s no such luck, such wrecks as us
There’s no such luck, such wrecks as us
There’s no such luck, such wrecks as us

Seabirds dive aside the beach
Carrion inside their beaks
Ice cream cones and worms and seeds
Candy floss

I pick my teeth and whine and purr
Ticks entangled in my fur
Midday’s glare, to care, incur
Heaven’s loss

Sweet Gabrielle, her speech is short
No chance to counter or retort
Loiter, linger, close the door
Angel dust

No Father’s blessing on my name
No Son of God, nor Daughter came
They said inherit holy blame
Hang the cross

There’s no such luck, such wrecks as us
There’s no such luck, such wrecks as us
There’s no such luck, such wrecks as us

People pray and then deliver
Tortured tears then reconsider
Sink or float, you’re in the river
Mind the shore

I was young, carved blunt, unswayed
A hellion, a brute, a knave
Strung to a bed, I misbehaved
Say no more

Michael, Michelle, countless names
Pitchforks stormed celestial gates
An amethyst, a shaken grave
Raise the floor

Woke up countless times from dreaming
Diagnosed a crowded meaning
Beliefs mounted and misleading
Faith restored

I wished for luck, for wrecks as us
I came unstuck, rose right from rust
They sing my name, I writhe and thrust
I bleed for you, I choke on dust
Gave up on love, sold out my lust
A moonless night, a boom, a bust
I wished for us, I twitched, I fussed
There’s no such luck, such wrecks as us

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from There's No Such Luck, released October 30, 2020

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