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King of Colored Pens & String

from 1 by Matt Kresling

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I put my tent up, put myself on parade;
arrange myself among my projects arrayed.
Give her a picture of her that I made;
hope she can’t tell the firelight from cavern-wall shade.

I sing and dance and finally she’s overawed.
Build myself up to look impressive and broad.
All my pretty fireworks, she admires them though flawed.
How long until she finds them tiresome?
Oh, god.

I’m the king of colored pens and string
with a pair of handmade wings
and the air of real integrity construction paper brings.

She put her wall up and held out a bit.
I lined my projects up and bombarded it.
This is the crater where most of them hit.
Should take a while for her to crawl out of it.

But I’ll stall the unavoidable and hold my place.
Nobody come behind this curtain,
or you know whose wrath you’ll face?

I’m the lord of all I can afford.
Oh, the debts I have ignored.
The winner of the dishes-in-the-bathroom-sink award.

I’m the king of colored pens and string
with a pair of handmade wings
and the air of real integrity construction paper brings.

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from 1, released January 31, 2009
Guitar: Jake Krohn, Drums: Lewie Fitz

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