Blethers
Chipped Red Mug
Unreleased track
The chipped red mug
that you drink your coffee from,
I think I've lost count
of how long we've had it for,
and you seem to break the spine
of the books that you love
but it's from reading them, all of them, so much.
The chipped red mug
that you drink your coffee from,
I think I've lost count
of how long we've had it for,
and you seem to break the spine
of the books that you love
but it's from reading them, all of them, so much.
The chipped red mug
that you drink your coffee from,
I think I've lost count
of how long we've had it for,
and you seem to break the spine
of the books that you love
but it's from reading them, all of them, so much.
I'm not saying that
we should look for the cracks,
the cracks in our relationship
or anything like that,
but if the edges end up frayed
or if the paint starts to flake,
just remember, that's the beauty of age.
*
Hipster Glasses
In someone's living room, I sat
admiring the wooden floor.
It was one of those house shows:
a room full of artists,
women who'd flown in from New York,
and men in hipster glasses.
A friend of mine was playing.
I watched him set up
his instrument.
It had come all the way from Finland
and I couldn't help thinking
later, when he sang
some words I had written,
that I'd come a long way too.