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You gave your heart to an idiot
who used it like a towel
after swimming in pools full of lady juice
while you just sat and scowled.

The carpet was dry or the carpet was wet;
either way, you didn't notice, Harriet.

I met you alone on your battlefield's
blackened, barbed plateau.
You said no one talks quite like I do
when I said: like smoke we flow,

but soon like jelly we are bound to set
jiggling under the sun, Harriet.

Then like a child in the coat racks, you disappeared
right as I got used to you
asking me to tear down the fence
or at least to give you a boost.

Then you had to ask if you were pretty yet.
How was I to answer, Harriet?

Zeus fell down from the sky with your frown
when he gave you his arms and his mouth.
He gave you his heart like an idiot would
as you fled suddenly to the south.

Life is a joke I never did quite get
and I guess you're the jester, Harriet.

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from Demos w/ Sax, released June 24, 2016

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Alex Rake and the Leaves Mission, British Columbia

Alex Rake is a songwriter, poet, and playwright from the Fraser Valley and the Leaves are his friends.

They yell and improvise all over troubadour songs.

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