A Nude Kissing Herself in a Painting

from Three Demos (EP) by Claire Donato

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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.

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I felt
on the shelf
books and their spines

Where did you go?
I can’t find you, you wrote
Are you still here?

Object permanence
Silt in the ravine
and the lavender dried

It helped me fall asleep
without you next to me

oo

And I am alone most of the time
I awake and analyze my mind
Don’t do that, a website says

And I can’t help
but picture your bed

Tobacco and figs
A chicken at night
slaughtered in the barn
behind my studio

I walk through the fireflies
Miniaturized in a jar
It’s a dollhouse
ensconced by glass

I break the glass
pick up a shard
cut my eye
and call it
“conceptual art”

Go to bed
shh
Go to bed
shh

I’ll be there when you wake up
I’m still here
though I’m not
kissing your ear

oo

When you read this, I'll be
1,000 miles from where
you left me

Lifting the pillowcase
to the great reveal
of another time and place

Fabric folding in onto itself
like a nude
kissing herself in a painting

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from Three Demos (EP), released June 28, 2021
Lyrics and music: Claire Donato

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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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