By Athena Stairs, March 31, 2025
No one’s callin’ out for me
Crashin’ in the front room (eee!)
Tension’s easin’ slowly but
Still feelin’ brunt of gloom (mmm)
Two dogs and one cat I’m
Hopin’ keep their vigor
Betta fish and ammonia snails
With plants ’bout in containers
For a moment no one’s dyin’
Leakin’ blood, ooze, or saliva
No one’s teeterin’ on edge of disaster
For spinal snap or chokin’ on cancer
Holed up in bed like a possum after
A near-miss attack-grabbin’ predator
(Death be like that)
Client cancelled from a time conflict
Income’s crossin’ into red – sh**’s thick
What would you have me do – I’m askin’
Synapse-stickin’ muscles to bones again
I’m tryin’ to rewire but
Hittin’ same walls again
Sure could use a friend
Offerin’ out their hand
Keep on searchin’ for my soul
Tryin’ to restart dead engines
But oomph ain’t got no
Up-n-go like it was doin’
No get-up-and-go just no
Up-n-go like it was doin’
Ain’t got no up-n-go no
Up-n-go like it was doin’
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Song starts slow, speeds up, gets tangled with some bump-in howl-yodeling with some heavy strum open chord strummin’ – haha! A guy and gal are singing, harmonics interweaving and then separating playfully, ear cringing.
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