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I rode a borrowed bike at night through downtown raleigh with your old backpack & a coaster brake that hardly worked. sitting on my keys, useless with changed locks. glass bottles & postcards. writing roommates & to my grandparents. at one a.m. we were close on the floor, trying to ignore & hide from the full room. drunk kids. movement. the hoods of our sleeping bags attach hiding both our faces. scared. aware. while southern strangers speak with accents & make fun of us.
we met up before dawn under the clock tower in the middle of a dead downtown street. winter sunrise. halfway up the hill. polluted water self deprecates. accordion & longboard. scarves. dripping nose. before both our names changed. we were in denial. the mayor is a liar & he's condemned everything including you & me.
you hid in your room with beer in your hair. too scared to move. swollen forehead & thrown empty cans all over the stained floor. outside your door they heard it all. phone calls. curled under sheets. trembling when found. I ran as fast as I could uphill. & the sounds all turned into confusing nouns. violent & heavy. you drowned. I couldn't fall asleep there. the lights were still on & I watched from your loft bed as she wouldn't stop. I ran into her a few days ago. I couldn't say a word but just thought about you.

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from drink water, released July 1, 2010

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the official suckers Halifax, Nova Scotia

"the official suckers do not suck. i imagine most of the kids at the show think they suck the least out of everyone who played. for such intricate songs, with lyrics which don't rhyme, i was amazed by how many people knew all the words..." - show review by byron.
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fairy boy started with a sad gender fluid teen obsessed with the weakerthans who couldn't sing so she screamed instead.
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