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The Trying

from Souvenirs and Astronauts by Nick Pope

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This one is about pressure

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No matter how much
how many or what
or when or where.
No matter how wide
or how clearly aligned
or how long I can stare.
No matter how tightly
or gently.

No matter how much
how many or what
or when or where.
No matter the things from before
or the words or sounds
or lights or motions
or temperature.
No matter how messy
or clean.
And no matter the trying
it stands between
what I do and what I mean
and you and me.

It's happening I'm back
I'm stuck I'm caught
it's the same fight I fought
the same lesson I taught myself
over and over again
it's too late, it's shaking
and broken and breaking and taking me
farther and farther away.
I'm completely arrested
she's already guessed it
nakedly racing around this old place.

I'm at it again
wish I'd rather not
I'd rather not.

No matter how tightly
or gently.

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from Souvenirs and Astronauts, released November 22, 2016
Matt Aucoin - Piano

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Nick Pope Somerville, Massachusetts

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