By Button Poetry
.
.
Neil Hilborn, performing at Icehouse in Minneapolis, MN.
Transcript provided by YouTube:
00:01
Joey comes home drops his keys on the
00:05
counter
00:05
misses the dish the keys fall to the
00:08
floor and he leaves them there he starts
00:11
making dinner of three times he can’t
00:13
stop burning the butter his pill bottle
00:16
has a thin layer of dust on top
00:19
nothing could see glancing at it but
00:21
breathe too hard and you’ll make a cloud
00:24
the lipstick in the bathroom is dry and
00:27
cracked the ballet flats by the door
00:29
keep wandering farther and farther into
00:31
the corner Joey makes too much for
00:35
dinner he falls asleep on the floor next
00:38
to the couch while flickering detectives
00:40
make endless puns about murder the
00:42
windows and radiator are cold the dinner
00:46
is cold the door’s locked the phone
00:48
unanswered the world it rings it rings
—
This post was previously published on YouTube.
***
If you believe in the work we are doing here at The Good Men Project and want a deeper connection with our community, please join us as a Premium Member today.
Premium Members get to view The Good Men Project with NO ADS. Need more info? A complete list of benefits is here.
—
Photo credit: Screenshot from video