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So Long
Sue Ann Harkey - Words and Vocals, Ambience Recording

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So Long

I could imagine what the rest of his body might look like
From glancing at his wrists
Which he adorned with strands of black leather
That together formed a wide band around the slender neck of his arm

Like a paisley design, his muscles widened from there
And disappeared under the sleeve of his many shirts

The skin was so white…
Contrasted by the individual black hairs
Which lay in a very intentional direction
Just like the hair on a cat's nose

I indulge in the thought
That these same characteristics would occur
Just below his narrow waist
Starting at the navel in a thin
Downward line of black hair
Like the great continental divide
East from West and Right from Left
And I would smooth out the symmetry
With the tips of my fingers
Gently stroking the hairs into place
Like the calm caressing of my cat
Once he settles into my lap

A young Che Guevara
With a young beard
Who carries the only dark eyes
Which have absorbed me from any first encounter
Now shows me the awkwardness of an attraction being avoided

Here with each week that passes
I realize how much I fill all my cups of hope in vain

Tantalized by just the thought of A potential

How in my conceit I improvise a vessel for my affections
Flirting with the prospect as well as the neglect
Of a too-busy no-fault situation
Whose fate teaches me where it does and does not matter
And how who never really mattered

… so long …
So long as we are accepting and responsive
Who turn to vulnerability
As the true conduit to love

So long as our glance is effortless
And emanates an invitation to the inside

So long as the scent from a shoulder blade
Is a breath of affirmation

… so long …

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from Stand Looking Around You, released June 5, 1987

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Seattle - New York - London | free improvisation | prepared guitar | folktronica | weird american | indie | alternative | singer | songs | instrumentals | underground | DIY

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