I Was Here

from Curve of the Earth by New Dog

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Flowers cast in stone, black rivers dried up,
trees without memories.
Swallowed by fog — its been too long
it’s been too long
since i looked up, ahead, or even thought of it

earth sweats, stars drip
i’m hanging over the parapet
long, long ago, when there was tall grass
the horses roamed.

now im reading graffiti on a broken building
that says ’i was here’ and ‘see you on the other side’

yes, but not yet
i’m still here, watching the jets, waiting on the fog to clear

running at night, afraid of the light
kept on in the house,
sucking summer air, you could choke on it

if you see me getting smaller, it’s because im flying away
Just like Jimmy Webb said, i got a right to disappear, to disappear.

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from Curve of the Earth, released September 28, 2018

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New Dog Loveland, Colorado

New Dog is Anar Badalov, publishing guy by day, aging amateur boxer and musician by night. Formerly of the bands Metal Hearts and Travels. Currently half of Hourloupe (hourloupe.bandcamp.com) & ARANANAR (arananar.bandcamp.com)

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