verse 1
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I am orphaned at the center.
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The bridge yaws side to side
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ululates beneath my feet.
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To you fixed in domicile’s unyielding grip,
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it appears I stand upon ribbon candy
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little between me and death.
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Yet to me this axis is a nest, a nest
verse 2
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as secure as any, even the cracked boards,
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even the rope rails hook me far better than your slick, marble stairs.
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Yet my jangling course sways unnecessarily, irritates you
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where you stand locked in your door, taut, waiting for me to enter my own settled house.
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I am orphaned at the center.
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Only my shadow will complete
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this journey which I have decided
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must settle right here, right now, far from the end, the end.
Outro
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