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This updated version of the 1999 original is extra introspective for the 21st century.

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Distance conquers humor
Lies devour fate
Nothing left of midnights but a lone betrayal
Catch the last ray of moon-glow promises
and reflect it back home

In light of (In lieu of) a birthday celebration
coils of flame surround this nutcase
branded "D" for DISEASED and "L" for LUDICROUS
but always HIGH and LOW and YOU and YOU
(and you and you)

When it's time, it's gone
She never knows me at all
I'm branded
I I I I I I I can't creep any lower
But I try to "get down" verbally with my favored children
who continue to ignore me with practiced elegance

And that ain't the only bruise growing bigger.
Do these midnight musings do anyone any good?

Infest me
Impress me
Obsess Me
I obey
Cleanse our time and holify
Justify my patience
Fish never swam so clean as this absence

"I'm too busy for a nutcase like you"
C'mere
There's a tortoise and a hare waiting near you
but you can't see and you won't hear and you don't even care to

And it's either or both or neither or nor
Don't wash me anymore
I'm too white and chafed already
Here's the rub
I'm 22
Join the club
and you ignore it as though I wrote it

Here comes the part where I pretend to sleep
I dreamlessly pretend
Pretend not to fall in love with your every word

Welcome to 22's world of Mayhem, my Lord
O Cap'n My Cap'n
Go down it's her ship
Ahab, AHAB! Nail that bird NOW!

Anyone sees it
Not you

Is she fazed enough and why is she hiding now?
Tomorrow when you die, I will begin the trail of Remedy

Over and out
Down with her ship

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from More Songs About Chaucer and Creeps, released May 24, 2021
Grahm Eberhardt - vocals
Wade Saathoff - guitar, bass, keyboards, drums and percussion

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Mayhem Lettuce Port Byron, Illinois

Mayhem Lettuce was formed in Port Byron, IL in 1993 when two sad teenage boys decided to channel their angst into music.
That music sits at the crossroads of King Missile and Portishead with a dash of The Cure and a pinch of They Might Be Giants.

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