Working class lullabye
lost wallet out of your pants biking home
with EBT card and $100 to your name
means
I keep saying
it's gonna be okay
it's gonna be okay
in that mindless brain-stem rhythm
bred into me
cut hours
and $30 in the mahmoud darwish book for rent
going to the free queer clinic
and selling your father's watch
rent party
and can I come over to use the washer cause I'm broke
means I keep saying
you're gonna figure it out
you're gonna figure it out
cause what else can I say
cause saying it
means it's gonna happen
cause it's a prayer
intention follows thought
rhythmic
and repetetive
a lullabye
that lets us get some sleep
in the bed we still own
as times continue to be hard
and sweet
because no promises
but our thin skin scamming greyhound
sharing a 92 accord
getting through
lost wallet out of your pants biking home
with EBT card and $100 to your name
means
I keep saying
it's gonna be okay
it's gonna be okay
in that mindless brain-stem rhythm
bred into me
cut hours
and $30 in the mahmoud darwish book for rent
going to the free queer clinic
and selling your father's watch
rent party
and can I come over to use the washer cause I'm broke
means I keep saying
you're gonna figure it out
you're gonna figure it out
cause what else can I say
cause saying it
means it's gonna happen
cause it's a prayer
intention follows thought
rhythmic
and repetetive
a lullabye
that lets us get some sleep
in the bed we still own
as times continue to be hard
and sweet
because no promises
but our thin skin scamming greyhound
sharing a 92 accord
getting through

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