Morphine Memories from Velveteen by Delsey Hill

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7.	Morphine Memories	4:43

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our fathers taught us how to dance
young, in frilled dresses,
we balanced tip-toed on top of their feet,
borrowed their suit jackets at weddings when the air got colder,
though they were too big for us.

we didn't have scabbed knees or split lips.
our mothers styled our hair just right
with sharp scissors, plastic combs, hot curling irons.
we knew what was good for us,
but we were dreamers,
even then.

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from Velveteen, released July 27, 2018
lyrics by boykeats on tumblr

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