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robert, where are you this morning?
did your dad take you out in his new car?
i don't care
i'm headed down the storm drains
with my matches and my kerosene jar

i will burn down the bamboo
burn down the grass
smoke in my hair
snakes in the air
flames on the water
like glass

lisa and me hide with the spiders
under the fort with the red slide
by her house
her brother's cigarettes
crushed inside her dress
we smoke, we sit, it's quiet

i will burn down the bamboo
burn down the grass
smoke in my hair
snakes in the air
flames on the water like glass

you should've seen it
there was nothing left
fence wire stained black
sand speckled with ash
pigeons watching from the neighbour's fence
where i left the hose
hanging and dripping

i will burn down the bamboo
burn down the grass
smoke in my hair
snakes in the air
flames on the water like glass

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from Bats and Birds, track released January 11, 2009
gareth edwards / the holy rose

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