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The Guardian

from The Guardian by Matt Kaye

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Remarkably smart and remarkably stupid
I've seen it all in my time
And when being asked which one I prefer
I answer with tobacco and mime
You have good taste, I haven't seen many
Trout Mask Replicas in hands
Of highly suburban, shirt-matches-trousers
Bespectacled ornery men

I've walked all your streets, I've seen all your ZOOs,
I met a songwriter or two
I've seen all the outtakes from Danny Kaye movies
But they really don't look good on you
If you locked yourself in this room by the pool
You should've known better than that
You say you'll be bigger than Baldensperger
But I guess you know that he's dead

So when you're looking for gold in the cities
Carved in perpetual bronze
You must understand that I can't help you
Or your polite lot of loved ones
I can't get bands to sing at your weddings
You'll have to pay them a fee
You'll probably say what kind of a guardian are you
But then, what do you know about me

Remarkably smart or remarkably stupid
I don't need much time to decide
I want your breakfast, I want your lunch
And by the end of this cycle, your wife
You better hand me your manuscripts, boy
You better hand me your Strat
If you by this time haven't amounted to nothing
We might as well leave it at that

So when you're looking for gold in the cities
Carved in perpetual bronze
You must understand that I can't help you
Or your polite lot of loved ones
I can't get bands to sing at your weddings
You'll have to pay them a fee
You'll probably say what kind of a guardian are you
But then, what do you know about me

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from The Guardian, released August 1, 2019

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Matt Kaye Ljubljana, Slovenia

Born in 1975 in Maribor, Slovenia (EU). He holds a master’s degree in comparative literature. He published his first book in 1988 and started combining poetry and music into a singer-songwriter routine in 1992. He's a member of SLO National Writers’ Association, National Literary Translators Association, PEN and MIRA. ... more

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