worn
raze
the
books
we've
been
since
birth
are
wearing
thin
.
covers
cracked
and
crumbling
. spines coiled
into
colourless
question
marks
.
you
stand
on
the
headland,
thin
gut
-strung
stick
of
animal
skin
between
your
fingers
,
capo
biting
down
on
the
fifth
fret
,
and
set
your
voice
to
skate
across
the
nearest
hem
of
skyline
while
the
river
roils
beneath
your
feet
. "
i
love
you
,
i
love
you
,
i
love
you
,"
you
sing
.
this
is
not
a
hollow
hymn
.
this
is
everything
worth
saving
in
a
world
that's
lost
its
sense
of
wonder
.
these
are
the
only
words
that
won't
wear
away
when
all
the
ink
fades
from
the
postscript
of
our
lives
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from