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I couldn't sleep I was watching the night
it was throwing little pebbles at the the back of my head
I was building a city for one
sawing legs off my childhood bed

I was thinking I should be more concrete
like the offices of d-list whores
don't waste time with the panty-waist types
and the losers of the wars

my ears were ringing from your victory screech
they were echoing your deafening credo
like a terrorist's victim in europe
I staggered out in a horrible speedo

someone was blamed for all the hot sandals
and the ones that filled up with sand
you should be sued for that horrible cell phone
you should have to lose a foot or a hand

I know a man who has a ready opinion
and it's a truly insufferable thing
when the wholesome has married the loathsome
can you tell me what gift I should bring?

I can't escape from his eager McFace
his tawdry crush on Mayor McCheese
is it better to blow civilization
than it is to force it down on its knees

live with the people of the shared silver tongue
it's just one tongue I don't know how they clean it
I think they sleep in a hydrogen bath
and what they say they seem to mean it

we play traditional western strip volleyball
and the loser gets set free
I think they must have hydrogen eyes
they say it's hard for them to see

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from Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope, released March 24, 2009

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Michael Zapruder Austin, Texas

“Michael Zapruder makes beautiful folk-pop ballads resonant of the voice of Rufus Wainwright and wordplay of Andrew Bird" – Pitchfork

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