foals in winter coats
white girls of the north
file past one five and one
they are the fabled lambs
of sunday ham
the ehs norm
and they could float above the grass
in circles if they tried
a latent power i know they hide
to keep some hope alive
that a girl like i’m
could ever try
could ever try
so we just skirt the hallway sides
a phantom and a fly
follow the lines
and wonder why
there’s no connection
a week of rolling eyes
and cheap shots from the trite
and we’re off to nemarca’s porch again
another afternoon
of the goathead tunes
and pilfered booze
4
we wander through her mama’s house
the milk from a window lights
family portrait circa ’95
this is that foreign land
with the sprayedon tans
and it all feels fine
be it silk or slime
so when they tap our monday heads
two zombies walk in our stead
this town seems hardly worth the time
and we’ll no longer memorize or rhyme
too far along in our climb
stepping over what now towers to the sky
with no connection
oh ohoh ohohh
oh ohoh ohohh
oh ohoh ohohh
oh ohoh ohohh
so when they tap our sunday heads
two zombies walk in our stead
this town seems hardly worth the time
and we’ll no longer memorize or rhyme
too far along in our crime
stepping over what now towers to the sky
with no connection
oh ohoh ohohh
oh ohoh ohohh ohh
oh ohoh ohohh
oh ohoh ohohh ohh
oh ohoh ohohh
oh ohoh ohohh ohh
Artist: The Shins
Year: 2007
Decade: 00s
Language: en
Word Count: 161