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I'll Show You

from A Kind of Giving by Purrbot

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Defenses back up
I am backing up from
The ticking time bomb
We've so lovingly set together

My heroine is my mother
Adept at being made stronger
By what doesn't kill her
I am parallel to her now

I said:
Watch how it begins
That is how it will end
And I will miss you in the interim
Between when you leave...

I'll show you indifference
I'll show you distance
It's an unfortunate strength I have

...And when you come back
We can share preludes
Compare and contrast
And we'll see what we'll keep
And what won't last and what we'll lose

Defenses back up
I am backing up from
The ticking time bomb
We've so gingerly set together

I'll show you indifference
I'll show you distance
It's an unfortunate strength i have
I'll show you patience
I'll show you growing up and over it
I'll show you recovery
If you show me new beginning

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from A Kind of Giving, released May 7, 2009

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Purrbot Portland

Nathan Wade Carter (he/him) is a queer, grey-a, non-binary poet, musician, & artist living in Portland, Oregon. His chapbook is ROYGBIV (Ursus Americanus Press 2017). His poetry can be found in Hobart, Fugue, Gramma Poetry, Poor Claudia, The Fem, & others. He is the editor and founder of SUSAN / The Journal. He writes & performs songs under the name Purrbot. ... more

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