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Herman Shorts

Herman Shorts

third circle (completion)

first
fruits
hardly
a handful,
the garden
a weedy mess.
 
inevitable success
makes an old man lazy.
 
some sneering kids
with shining eyes
ought to come
kick my ass
to the beat
of my own
punk rock
heart.

2016

Altre opere di Herman Shorts...
reboot

just start over not so much like anything was particularly
day two

a breeze. already know what’s what. shut up. kiss her. shut up...
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song for baby mia

we go walking around walking all over this town nothing ever getting us down cause we’re just a couple of clown…
when (finally) we meet

when (finally) we meet I’m thinking spring wildflowers will bloom on high
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reflections

reflecting on the moment before, would be useful only were it not already perfect.
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design fault

you are guilty of failing to love and understand me, like a dog is guilty of failing to speak or use
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labeled falsely

I understand the tattoo now “VERITAS” on your wrist, only there because it is entirely absent everywhere else.
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maze

simply knowing you’re in a maze doesn’t get you out, but the fact is the foundation
orient

webwomb’s not the maker of me. came into it as falling is done. down, only always
he got to die

finally, without knowing it was coming, he got to die. it was great. like a birthday party clown, he was equally the center
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I imagined a scene, conspiratorial

I just felt what I think I’ll feel always, once we’ve finally met, and share this cool space, like an open secr… It felt like all my favorite songs…
Foundational Concept Entirely Horseshit

yeah, the contract the social one, so long ago supposedly agreed to, we were born instead into. what
the nature of the enemy

if i stub my fucking toe it’s their fault so say i, and who could argue? you almost
hurry, love

so, come on then, brilliant one, see, i’ve been waiting for you with eyes
stupid things

let’s put all the stupid things in a pile and call them “love” or “worry” or
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