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a sad song in D minor

tell who you are
voices tell him
and he tries to answer
hesitating as if he doesn't know
and for awhile they are fooled
he does that a lot...
instead he tells them
what they are
or what they are not

i see colors again
he protests
colors shown across a large screen in the sky, or something like what the inside of my head looks like. there are crosses there, and people who aren't safe.

and he tells them...
just because you can speak
it does not make you Churchill
and just because you can dance
does not make you Astaire
and neither will make you prolific, coherent, inspiring or graceful.

moving when he still
he collects no dust
it moves...like a soul waiting in a bottle
like something someone else owns now

thoughts hit the floor
like 52 pickup, but no one dares laugh
they all rush to pick up the cards
he calls out each one before he puts them all in the deck
and never misses a single one

...just because you tell stories doesn't make you Twain
and you are not Kronkite because someone believed you.
and they are not stupid for listening...although he knows he is being kind with that one...

they line up for
confession, communion, confirmation, and repentance
and I can only serve justice
and I do this efficiently...and I suppose it makes me god-like
and it might make me god...but I wonder

and he thinking to himself that he'd need an ingredients list to really explain...but there isn't time, because everyone is looking, waiting, needing to know about all the dirt in the piles, even the dirt swept to the back, and it's because if they can see his dirt, they can see their own, and if they can see their own.. they could see themselves...and if they could see themselves they'd know....themselves.
but
just because you look just like yourself...it doesn't make you him.

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from Two Dozen and One​(​Sh​ö​tgun J​ã​zz), released February 6, 2016

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Shötgun Piñata Newark, Delaware

Shötgun Piñata is el Senor Marron, born in Newark DE. Although the concept of the music project began in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also a a spoken word artist, a writer and artist. Heavily influenced by Golden era hip-hop, 80's Brit Synth pop, Industrial Dance Metal, Jazz, and Sci-fi movie scores(among others). Shotgun Pinata recorded for Fantastic Planet Industries record label in Berkley, CA. ... more

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