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Where You've Been

from The Guardian by Matt Kaye

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Night never comes without agenda
She chooses tasks so carefully
She takes old dreams down to the gallows
She makes new ones a misery

You say you feel the heat of footsteps
Turning your feet to chunks of coal
You say there's too much space around here
I don't say anything at all

I'm not all smiles, but you can see that
I don't wear top hats anymore
I wear umbrellas and bright blazers
I know all stanzas to Milord

And I don't want to stand before you
If your shadows don't know what I mean
I'll disappear like a tamed wildflower
If you can tell me where you've been

What painting have you been a part of
What nightmare did you coproduce
And I must know if my old letters
Brought some old dandy a mess of blues

I've been through divine interventions
I've broken lots of crystal stuff
You've done your lonesome time with china
And now you think that that's enough

And I don't want to stand before you
If your shadows don't know what I mean
I'll disappear like a tamed wildflower
If you can tell me where you've been

What painting have you been a part of
What nightmare did you coproduce
And I must know if my old letters
Brought some old dandy a mess of blues

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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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