Lyrics rarely arrive
wearing a tuxedo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They shuffle in
missing a shoe,
carrying somebody else’s umbrella,
insisting they belong
in the second verse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Usually the first line
is wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The second pretends to understand
the first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chorus
waits in another room
refusing to speak
until everyone stops trying
to impress it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some days
a song comes
like rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Other days
you search and search
one honest sentence
from eight hours
of decorative nonsense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rhyme
is not truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The useful lines
often arrive
after the brilliant ones
have embarrassed themselves
and gone home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You write
to discover
which part of the world
has been quietly
trying to explain you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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