Talcum Song

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Don’t scratch my talcum heart
A little worse for wear these past few years

In mourning today
At least that’s what tradition says
Memories of her purple dress
When we first met
Quad city buses following the old hallowed line
Steps cutting through time and nature’s worth
Following a woman who healed wounds and now learns all words

I could be someone
The circuit’s not dead, there’s still time to move on

Eat your fill in the capital city
It smells of smoke and festering dust
But wasting any more words on that place
Holds me back
(you’re losing yourself to rust and old fate)

Many friends have come, many friends have gone
So it goes, is that it?
Living inside your head, the mineral’s chipped
When diamond becomes chalk, everything slips
Soul goes cold to the open casket

No there’s still hope
Strings can ring out
Chords can resolve
There’s something in honest words
A small spark telling me….

I could be someone
The circuit’s not dead, there’s still time....

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from C.W. Franz, released June 21, 2019

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C.W. Franz Chicago, Illinois

Enterprising poet with a strange taste in music. Butchering everything from folk to musique concrete or something.

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