Kirby from Reiki Share by Ben Schillaci

Given,
treated
not like canvas
-like silly putty
stuck to the underside
of a spectator mess
of a desk
---
Pressed to newsprint
and photocopied faces,
that weren't her own and
had I know
I wouldn't,
I wouldn't,
I wouldn't,
I
wouldn't I?
---
And who isn't houdini
at this age,
press your face to the page again
if I could I'd make
the same impression
adjourned sojourner,
luggage slugger I'll never hug
I'm haunted,
like Buster Baxter is by aliens
and now I can't turn off my bullshit detector
---
Pressed to newsprint
and photocopied faces,
that weren't her own
and had I known I
would have yelled
would have yelled
would have yelled...

• Alternative
• indie folk
• indie pop
• progressive-folk
• psychadelic-pop
• singer-songwriter
• Hamilton