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Rm. 516

from In Lieu of Essays by Plumes

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Written in early Spring of 2015

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Dear Mrs. Gately, can I tell you, lately, I’ve felt so alone
Walls stand for separation, privacy, to make a home
Isolation, though, a bedfellow of private space to own
If this house were glass, despite admonishment, I’d throw a stone

It’s unclear how long I’ve been here, fear it’s more than you’d condone
Volunteering for a night shift spite a student’s daily drone
4 A.M.’s a bitter time to face how little one has grown
Longer I’m entranced return’s hard hit further fractures the bone

It’s a search but there’s proof of treasure there
All the golden fingered voices linger as I sit and stare
At a sign made by the seasoned reading “shovel-ers beware”
For the finds are placed unevenly and access isn’t fair

Dear Mrs. Gately, if you knew how spoiled I am with a view
Cross the river, look upon the lights, the bright the dark accrues
Others out there, maybe other clients, writing songs for you
Quiet, waiting for their percolating absence to balloon

It’s a search but there’s proof of treasure there
All the golden fingered voices linger as I sit and stare
At a sign made by the seasoned reading “shovel-ers beware”
For the finds are placed unevenly and access isn’t fair
I could hedge my bets and focus or continue digging down
Hoping all the mounds of progress won’t condemn me to the ground
Maybe for the thought of closeness: “It’s too late to turn around”
Or I can’t see above the dirt displaced and luck must soon be found

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from In Lieu of Essays, released September 19, 2018

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Plumes Boston, Massachusetts

Plumes is Ben Long (on the drums!) Tim Green and John Thorsen. Music- listening to it, learning to play it, writing more of it- has been one of few things we've taken really seriously for the last 7 years. These songs grew through many late nights and missed appointments. Our songs are all really about something. It's sincere and sometimes naked. Hope you like it ... more

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