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from 5​.​17 by Joseph Ruddleston

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lyrics

when i press my
hands against
your chest
and tell you
this is home,
you turn away, mumble
incoherent
about how
your bones are
made of glass.

you say that yours
is a frame
incapable of withstanding
the breeze
or too terse a breath,

carefully crafted rubble, you sigh.
decrepit, you call it. a ramshackle.

but it's here,
in the space between
your legs and ears and ribs,
caught in the safety
of your scaffolding
that suffers
catastrophe
without collapse
that i sleep soundly;

the only shelter i know
capable of
withstanding
the storm.

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from 5​.​17, released June 8, 2017
Lyrics: tootwofoursquare
Music: Joseph Ruddleston

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Joseph Ruddleston Brooklyn, New York

Brooklyn-based song-storyteller with all sorts of stuff pouring out of the holes in his voicebox.

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