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Michael Spaly: mandolin

another 737 rumbles overhead
and they’re always close enough
to shake the walls
and I already know you haven’t
heard a word I’ve said
over the din of breaking picture frames
and china down the hall

and even though
it’s been like this for years
you never tire of sweeping up
the things that keep you here

but it’s over your head
so get over yourself
a thousand souls
go flying once again
but still you wouldn’t
wanna be like them

you are the richest convict
I have ever known
and you’re serving our your term
in golden cuffs
I won’t pretend that it’s not
easier alone
when it’s all there for the taking
but what you have is good enough

and your world is only
five square miles
and summer always seems to last
twice as long as now

but it’s over your head
so get over yourself
when everything familar’s
gone away
still I can’t imagine
why you’d stay

and I am thinking of you
as I go to take my seat
and through the window
I can see the wing
and I can spy your rooftop
as the landing gear retreats
and I wonder if my leaving here
is breaking anything

and the unrepentant sun
beats down
on old abandoned swimming pools
and the tracks outside of town

but I’m over your head
I got over myself
it was something you
could never understand
and I’ll be sure to call you
when I land