Forgotten Boot

from Spares by Matt Ellin

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A cold streetlamp-lit parking lot, a remnant of a long forgotten boot lies to the center left
And it's thinking of its travels, the rest of it that unravelled, yes, a cavalcade of buddies then subjected to cruel deaths
And the wind that screams inside its face abides by no apparent pace, defaced as an arhythmic din, adjacent to the rut it's in
At mass, the shadow of a crane will manifest in frozen rain and take it through the parlors and the parks

It got dark
And then it never got light again, I'm drawing pictures in the condensation, and you can't be my friend anymore

So then hanging by a velcro strap, the boot resumes its passage past the purple grass and yellow trees
Carnations in a windowsill which leave it feeling lovelorn still will wilt approximately in the span of seven weeks
And when the businessmen go out to drink, our hero wonders what they think of hovercrafts and flying cars, the crane's grip loosens at the stars
A misfit star spike pins the strap, impaled, the boot's heel flails and flaps
Its journey meets a sudden end, we'll never hear from it again
God never had a plan for it, its life reduced to piss and shit
A comedy of errors still is mine

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from Spares, released April 24, 2018

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Matt Ellin New York, New York

Singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, Theophobia member, performer

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