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Monday, July 1, 2024

Corporeal by Marvinlouis

 

Cor-

po-

real

 

a

Bobby John Press

Poetic Libretto

 

Marvinlouis

 



Findin

steps

 

takin

this way

to be

 

who

they

say

 

shouldn't

be

 

it's

fake

trees

drinkin

too much

water

 

i’m

tryin

to

under-

stand

words

written

 

spo-

ken

so long

ago

 

there's

music

playin

in back

ground

 

about

a

Holy

Ghost

 

i

don't

mind

back

doors

 

it's

where

i'm

meant

to be

 

 

easier

to

say

good-

bye

 

than

 

ta say

hell

be-

low

 

sure

hope

people

 

will

see

 

blank

pieces

 

paper

 

no

longer

empty

 


the

Muse

 

Muse

said

 

I've

lost

his

 

damn

mind

 

l

have

lost

con-

trol

 

of

who

I knew

was

him

 

the

Muse

 

Muse

Said

 

who

could

I have

 

reco-

nized

 

a

sui-

cide

 

for him

to be

re-

mem-

bered

 

the

Ego

 

Ego

said

 

when

are you

gonna

shut up

 

Muse

said

 

no time

soon

 

Mu-

sing

down

the

street

he

keeps

mis-

sing

steps

 

like

how

this

feels

sounds on

once blank

piece paper

 

what's

this

all

a-

round

us

 

all

I feel

see touch

know

are

words


Po-

etic

libretto

 

defin-

ition

 

words

pic-

tures

 

no

num-

bers

 

no

ti-

tles

 

just

six-

teen

 

once

blank

pieces

of paper

 

just

Muse

poet

 

just

poet

Muse

 

the

Muse

said

 

is

he

dead

yet

 

his

heart

bea-

ting

 

should

be

enough

evi-

dence

 

that

he is

not

 

 

 

 

 


I

am

his

Muse

 

it's

me

who

keeps

sayin

 

he’s not

ready

ta

die

now

 

it's

me

who

says

 

i

don't

care

what

people

 

think

about

him

 

it's

me

who

says

 

its

my

time

now

God

damn

it

 

Ego

said

 

still talkin

feelin touchin

when

you

gonna

shut up

 

Muse

said

 

Ive

already

told you

 

no

time

soon

 

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