Tiny Town

from My Next New Low by Florence Wiley

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We are barreling down the freeway
Past the shiny new Indian casino
Into the past
Into my old neighborhood at Christmas
And I just can't bring myself
To care that much about
Who will carve up the turkey
And set up the tiny town
Or my mother regressing
Oh, her agony at not having any grandchildren

I couldn't wait to be so ashamed
Or so proud
Now that it's the former
All I can do is hole up
Just to keep from lashing out
I am scared to know where you stand
Because I may not forgive you
And now I'm afraid
That I may grow to love it
To love my unforgiveness
And to hate you for that
And to love my hate for you for that

Hold on to me
You are all that's keeping me
From bursting into flames

She is getting older
And trembling
Trying to hold it all together
Pictures in clay picture frames
I made in the shape of a maple leaf
When I was a boy
And a terror
But you can't tell that from the picture
Now we hang it on a rotating imitation tree
Shall we set up the inflatable
Animatronic reindeer?
That oughta show the neighbors
They sat it all out this year

Hold on to me
You are all that's in between me
And a rampage

Now I'm at the table
Making a garland of popcorn
You are fashioning a Roaring 20s flapper hat
From a paper plate
And we're daydreaming of the soundtrack
And the backroads of our next
Great escape
Where you will choose the direction
And I will find the words
"Love will find a way"
Is something that I might say

Hold on to me
You are all that's keeping me
From bursting into flames

credits

from My Next New Low, released July 27, 2021
Kevin Mock: song, guitars, vocals, synthesizer, string arr
Brad Waller: bass, drums, string arr
Jeremy Lynch: Violin
Nate Dybevik: Piano

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