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Cumulonimbus

from The Person I Admire by Joe Holt

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When we met you were wearing a leotard tucked into high-waisted shorts
What you wore underneath, what was tucked into that, was a recurring thought
We got caught in the rain with the blood against my veins and my heart under strain
And my pulse was keeping time with the wind’s whispered rhyme, barely
contained

That evening in the rainstorm I was born again to find you
And in the deepest depths of secrecy I longed to be behind you
I guess our souls had been expanded to feel things they weren’t designed to
But to prevent potential pain I closed my mind and reassigned you

So the days drifted by with your image in my eye; it was always worse at night
I got invited to a party on the fourth of july and I went just to get you off my mind

I drank til I was drunk and called your eyes a constellation
Mixing whiskey and tequila til my fingers lost sensation
And I stumbled down the avenues in drunken jubilation
And waited for the train so long I blacked out at the station

The morning came
Tremulous and shameful
I opened my eyes like a creaking door
My head was loud
Furious and painful
A message from you said “call me now”
So I called you now

In between the seams of where our lives are stitched together
The glue of me and you is even stronger now than ever
Nothing’s really different since that night of heavy weather
Though our clothes have long been dry, there will be rain in me forever

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from The Person I Admire, released May 30, 2017

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Joe Holt New York, New York

Joe is a folk singer/songwriter originally from England, whose music was praised by Obscure Sound as "stirring, eloquent songwriting," and by Ear to the Ground as "the real deal when it comes to folk songwriting." His music has been featured twice on NPR. He lives in New York City. ... more

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