Habitat from 11:11 by Pinegrove

it’s so still
how’d you do that?
you settled down my habitat
downhill
through the speed trap
& the agitated aftermath

when across the state
is gone & dilapidated

the wheel froze
& it sounded like cymbals
the birds exploded off the eve
i read my name
& i scream like a kettle
metabolize the memory

when across the state
is gone & dilapidated
& it feels a little bit empty
a riddle of empathy

//

in the morning i’ll go
through the cold
but not alone

//

did i forget
my teacher says
the precipice
the precedent
the depressing question
of our time
of civilwarland
in bad decline
i want to see
the present tense
in retrospect
a monument
been through benthic tides
& vandalized
before my eyes
before i die
never forget
the t-shirt says
with no mask on

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