Achene of the blank-eyed girl 

I saw it on TV, thought I’d give it a whirl 

I’ll pop my cap, let my soul unfurl 

I wanna be pollen, wanna see the world 

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Cuz when you’re nothing, nothing really matters 

No one mourns you when you’re missing, when your molecules are scattered

There’s no body lying broken at the bottom of a ladder 

There's nobody left at all, I guess, though I don’t know what’s sadder

 

And honestly the only thing that’s calming 

Typically tends to be the thing that others find alarming 

Like a giant finger coming down to smear me ’cross the page,

Or the thought, could I evaporate into a cloud of haze? 

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But you collect my thoughts 

Make the whole world 

Stop 

Reel me in enough 

You shouldn’t have 

And when it’s bubbling up 

You turn the burner 

Off 

Simmer down a touch 

I’m in love 

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Whenever I do get this way of feeling 

It is usually because I’ve started drinking or stopped eating

That’s something that you said we’d circle back to 

And it’s sweet that you suggested, but I’m glad we never had to 

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Cuz something I’m reluctant to examine 

Is the way you’re so reliably a feast amidst my famine 

And my friends say I look happier whenever you’re around

Having noticed, it’s enough to turn my smile upside-down 

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How you collect my thoughts 

Make the whole world 

Stop 

Reel me in enough 

You shouldn’t have 

And when I’ve tied my tongue 

You coax the knot undone 

Such a clever one

I’m in love 

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You undress my heart 

Pry the pretense off 

Open what was shut 

Tell me I’m enough 

And when I’m hosting such, 

Such unpleasant thoughts 

You’re the one I trust 

I’m in love 

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I’m in love 

I’m in love 

I’m in love 

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Achene of the blank-eyed girl 

I saw it on TV, thought I’d give it a

whirl I’ll pop my cap, let my soul unfurl I wanna

be pollen, I wanna see the world.