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I once knew that tree
And you knew basement zoology
We made up games with one-word names
That we'd get sick of eventually

We made the ants our friends
We fed them O.K. Cola and M&M's
We caught them in our hands
And then we fed them to antlions

They walk backwards
(climb higher)
Like we ran backwards in the dark
(to watch the fires)
Shouting nonsense words and bloody murder
(we'll never tire)
Driving our old neighbors beserk
(when there's no wires)

We didn't have money for toys
& we didn't care to impress other girls or other boys
So we made soup in a wheelbarrow
Full of rocks and sticks and mud and "cinnamon", you know.

I know their fucked-up past
I know they didn't have the chance to make it last
But did we stay young too long
Did we progress, or are we still hanging on

Like antlions moving backwards
(highest climbers)
Like we ran backwards in the park
(never tired)
"Good throw!","Good catch!"
(outsiders)
Good goosebery patch for free in the alley
(never xboxlivers)

Our time
(digging holes, making shallow moats, making our fathers lose their minds)
Outside
Wild's fine
(unspoken sleepovers and giant pullovers, making our mothers redefine)
Not idly & not inside

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from Cyclodrones and Other Obviously Broken Machines, released January 1, 2012

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Electronic / experimental / ambient / darkwave / queer / industrial

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