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Going to Phoenix

from Figure One E​.​P. by The Far Stairs

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GOING TO PHOENIX.
Dawn half-light on the 305. Running on
no sleep last night. Long drive. Gotta make
Phoenix by noon to stay alive, and it’s lookin’ like
another hundred miles by nightfall. Slow dive
into light. But it’s all right. It’s all right. It’s all right.
It’s all right. It’s all right. It’s all right.
I just need this tape player and a Patsy Cline song:
“—favorite pastime—”
“Seven lonely days make one long—”
Drawn half-right on the road sign, looks like
cars with legs scurrying spiderlike into the
low sun burning the horizon line. It’s like a curtain
keeping all the bad things outta sight. Hey, it’s all
right. It’s all right. It’s all right. It’s all right.
It’s all right. It’s all right. I just need a full tank and
“Life During Wartime.”
Keep the heater on high ’cause
“Everybody wants to rule the—”
I took the mirrors off the walls and boiled a pot of water for
three days gone astray, but nothing seemed to take.
I could feel it coming underneath the dead hum of the broken
radio. I buried it in back and hit the road, and now I’m
on my way to see you, and I figured you would let me stay.
You’ve always been so good to me.
I’ll be in Baltimore by Tuesday.
Missing you is keeping me awake.
Gone right at the coastline, givin’ up
sunshine, palm trees, beach life. Headed for
cold days, rainwashed grey skies. Keepin’ your
drumline heartbeat in my mind slows time.
This is the part where the crazy guy talked about
“—smiling as you ease the gun from my—” said the world
“throws its light” into your eyes. Must be why
I can’t see a thing.
I can’t see.
Why can’t I—

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from Figure One E​.​P., released May 4, 2018

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