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Penelope
04:13
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Waiting tonight.
Anxiety's high.
Awaiting "The Life".
Past sunrise.
Trying to write.
Wish I could fly to you.
Everyone's suspicious of the words "true love"
--afraid to say, "I love you,"--
but I don't need the OED to define "love".
Ovid was right:
Apollo, I chide,
for being too desperate.
Suitors vie.
Penelope, hide
until I can fly to you.
Bricolage
of amorous thoughts.
I need my art to love you.
Will I write
another line
or be another desperate tool?
Everyone's suspicious of the words "true love"
--afraid to say, "I love you,"--
but I don't need the OED to define "love".
I'd break the chrysalis and fill my wings with blood
--"SWAG" in nacreous glamour--
but culture says that nature's had it wrong before.
Ovid was right:
Apollo, I chide,
for being too desperate.
Suitors vie.
Penelope, hide
until I can fly to you.
Awaiting life.
Will I resign
or do something desperate?
You and I
deserve a life.
Sincerely, I love you.
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Neither Here KnorDob
05:00
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Maybe I don't do all the talking,
maybe 'cause I'm far away.
My extraplanetary origins make me scary
make me make you want to run away,
but I can't know what you want:
I don't know your consciousness.
I want to be gone.
Maybe I'll pretend to love another
who I'd really love another day,
or maybe I'll quit saying "maybe"
and decide to quit the hazy,
"Eliminate. No, let it stay."
I know you don't want me,
but people aren't disposable
even if they plead.
If I die, will it save me,
or will I stay anticipating?
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Spelling Out
03:17
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Imagine the pedantry
that you find
when introducing
yourself every time you meet someone.
(A-L-A)
Hi my name is Alaric.
Yes I was a Visigothic king.
All I see (R-I-C)
is you and me.
(A-L-A)
When I go away from you
I don't know the difference.
And I don't know
and I don't know
and I don't know
what is gonna happen
to each of us.
Stop asking me what.
And this is what I tell them...
So I spell it out,
spell my name.
(This is what I tell them.)
Spell it out.
Spell my name.
(This is what I tell them.)
(A-L-A-R-I-C)
This is what I tell them.
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Monarcadia
Monarcadia is musician, intermedia artist, and poet Alaric López.
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