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Governor's Square

from Governor's Square by Chamber Band

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he kept a lock from the millionaire inside his coat pocket,
inside an old tin
i turned it over and pulled out a hair and begged for forgiveness,
but I had to ask why he couldn’t say —
not to his only son —
was perhaps some day he’d have the need to “grow one of his own”
we jarred the fingers of a known local thief
we studied those prints and the joints underneath
he bought me tobacco and an elixir to heat
told the green grocer’s brother to get far more sleep
but he couldn’t say, not to his only son
was it’s a bad day, when he couldn’t keep with the seeds he had sewn
i took the ferry from Governor’s Square
bought a book on the landing and bottled the air
and stared at the city from a terrible height
watched the water grow dim and the gas lanterns light
it was just then, me looking down on the city below
i was with him and i felt the need to “grow one of my own”

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from Governor's Square, released September 18, 2017

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