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Some Call It Attachment
03:03
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I went into the woods and found a box
I unlocked the box and kissed it on its walls
I ran my tongue along the third
I ran my mouth
Stop seducing yourself
Stop kissing the air
Are you a boy or girl or both or neither
Whose voice answers
I love the walks we take where no one speaks
Except the trees
Who are creatures
Stop seducing yourself
Stop kissing the air
Claire
Here is the key I wear around my neck
It holds the door open
Was this time better than the last
I ask your hair
Some call it attachment
Stop seducing yourself
Stop kissing the air
Tell me a story
Of how to live inside your body
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The swan is a replica of winter
Beak like a thicket and guarded
My most outstanding decoration
I consider him
He knows nothing of my weight
Nor about the weight of things
So I write another letter
You are the city I live in
But it’s impossible to meet you
The name of my month and the day
I float heavy and empty
Barely keeping my head
And there is almost no snow here
My dear
*
I love you very much
I seem to be sinking
I fear each hour
Even underwater
The phone doesn’t ring
The phone doesn’t ring
You know nothing
About the weight of things
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3. |
O Unfortunate
02:17
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O yellow bird
O unfortunate
I took my time
But the clock was impervious
In the shadow of the night, you found a tongue
In the tissue of the tongue, you found a node
It is a key
It is a line
I closed my eyes and pictured you monochrome
In the sculpture, I wrote to you
In the sculpture, I bowed with you
In the sculpture, I atoned
I atone for everything
I atone for it all
(repeat)
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4. |
Not (Big Thief Cover)
04:26
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5. |
Mirror Stage
01:18
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Despite the shadow in the mirror, I am alone
Despite the shadow in the mirror, I am alone
And I could ask her when she'll leave, O
And I could ask her when she'll leave, O
Despite the shadow in the mirror, I am alone
Despite the shadow in the mirror, I am alone
And I could ask him when he'll leave, O
And I could ask him when he'll leave, O
Despite the shadows in the mirror, I am alone
Despite the shadows in the mirror, I am alone
And I could ask them when they'll leave, O
And I could ask them when they'll leave, O
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No romance
No sexiness but
A star-filled night
Kneeling down before the now familiar flesh
Of your deformed penis
Wigging out before the unfamiliar flash
Of my broken neck
Fabulous muscles
*
Desires are inexhaustible, I vow to put an end to them
Desires are inexhaustible, I vow to put an end to them
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Claire Donato Brooklyn, New York
I write songs on my bed, practice Zen meditation, illustrate myself naked in fish tanks, take 35mm photos, and am the author
of some books, essays, poems.
Here's an EP I made when I was 20: friendshippa.bandcamp.com
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Claire Donato recommends:
Cousins is a project with my beloved friends and chosen cousins Nik Slackman and Anastasios Karnazes. We specialize in ringtones and lip syncing :)
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Point The Flashlight and Walk
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Felix Walworth is my multitalented collaborator and helped produce some of my as-of-yet-unreleased songs. They are an amazing quartz human!
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EPISTOLARY GRIEVING FOR JIMMY SWAGGART
by LINGUA IGNOTA
Kristin is my mega-talented old friend. Her LP Sinner Get Ready is one of the best of all time.
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Pensive indie folk from the frontman of Brighton’s alternative rock outfit Wild Cat Strike.
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Westward, to Nowhere
by Ian McCuen
This sweet, mournful “loose concept” album from folk artist Ian McCuen tracks a journey across the bleak landscape of American life.
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