coyote melodies

ring-ring, hello?

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Beanie Boy ❤️‍🔥

I hide here, inside my sweater,

So no one can know me better,

No no no, just leave me alone.

You come around the corner, smirking,

And dammit boy, it’s working,

Got my nerves on overdrive,

Someone save me, I’m barely alive!

Now don’t you wear that beanie, boy,

And stop winking at me, I’m coy,

Got your heart ready to deploy,

I dunno how to act!

Now don’t you wear that beanie, boy,

And stop winking at me, I’m coy,

Got your heart ready to deploy,

Having a heart attack!

Woah oh oh, let’s take it slow…

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Front Porch 🚪

Think about the sky and panic,

I’m orbiting the manic,

Tears falling are automatic,

And my voice is sporadic.

If what I say doesn’t hang on the wall,

A bit small, beneath it all,

Would the frame fit your face better?

If what I do doesn’t hand you the key,

Accept me, would you, maybe,

May I stand here, gazing outside?

I’m stuck on your front porch,

Well, of course, well, it’s coarse,

I’m right in front of you,

Well, of course, well, time’s course.

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Air Vent 💕

Ebb and flow, stop and go,

Hot in here, let’s be clear,

I like you, lick my tooth,

You like me, well let’s see!

The air vent, where air went,

Between us, have a fuss,

Eye to eye, don’t be shy,

Blushing face, in my space!

Doo dah-dah doo, ooh ooh, oh,

It’s getting warm, hold you to my form,

Someone open the air vent,

Before my heart is spent, ah-ah-ah!

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Sweep and Sweep 🧹

Sweep and sweep,

The thoughts I keep,

Don’t want ‘em no more,

So I throw them away.

Weep and weep,

The tears I keep,

I lie on the floor,

But don’t throw me away.

I could be more than dust,

I’m capable of trust,

Please, just give me some time,

The end could be sublime.

But ‘til then,

Sweep and sweep.

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Goodbye House 🏠

Floorboards are cold,

The summer’s hot,

Boxes everywhere, labeled in bold,

Filled with trinkets, love on the dot.

The windows are weeping,

Alas, it’s time to go.

Goodbye house, curtain call,

For the nights you kept us warm,

True to ease and true to form.

Goodbye house, curtain fall,

As I make my final steps,

I remember what you kept.

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Fireflies 🎁

Bag of peanuts as a birthday gift,

It may seem odd,

But it meant something to him.

Ain’t no peanut gallery, just us,

As the sun sets,

The fireflies begin to glow.

Every year there’s another wrinkle,

Driving outwards just to come back home.

Every night there’s another blindfold,

That’s separating us from the world.

It’s just me and you, glint in eye,

To the living room floor, suit and tie,

I only need you, glint in eye,

I remember before, fireflies flied.

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Little Oyster 🌎

Crack open, little oyster,

Racing eyes, rollercoaster,

See the world, little oyster,

Shed a tear, feel the moisture.

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Risk 💫

Try to shoot a message,

Hope someone receives it,

Try to grasp a comet,

Hope someone believes it.

And as we trail out so far,

Down the road in this washed up car,

Don’t you find it strange, bizarre,

That the road only goes so far?

I could go farther, man,

Hold my hand, take the risk,

Believe in this!

I could laugh louder, friend,

Take a stand, make the time,

And soon we’ll rhyme!

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Combs 🪮

Whenever, whatever you do,

Darling, I’m here for you,

Where ever, however you choose,

Dear, I won’t let you bruise.

And you fear,

That the climb is too hard,

Open ears,

Font on a get-well card.

And you dream,

That the path is laid out,

Well it seems,

Grass is growing about.

Whenever, whatever you do,

Darling, I’m here for you,

Where ever, however you choose,

Dear, I won’t let you bruise.

Greater pastures out there,

My hand combs through your hair,

Darling, we’ll make it there.

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Rut 🪦

I might be in a rut, but,

If I keep my eyes shut,

There’s nowhere to run,

Pass me the gun.

Bang!

Make a final decision,

Knockback, big collision,

Shot at where it hurts,

Lay in the dirt.

My rib cage lays there empty,

Blood is flowing plenty,

I’m not really dead,

Stuck with my dread.

I might be in a rut, but,

If I keep my eyes shut,

There’s nowhere to cope,

I need some hope.

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Dunno Who That Is 🪞

Maybe a thief stole my mind,

Ooh aah, could you help find me?

Hard to keep my lies on straight,

Ooh aah, could you unbind me?

Mirror has a stain,

And it walks to me,

Dunno who that is,

And he speaks to me.

“Do you recognize what you’ve said?”

Mister, mister, get out of my head.

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The Left Perspective ✏️

From the left perspective,

I smudge the graphite when I write,

Being retrospective,

Toss and turn in my bed at night.

From the left perspective,

I really wish that you would write,

Being retrospective,

Remember when you left that night.

And my skin burns from the graphite,

And my stomach churns,

Why didn’t I learn?

No no…

And my hand aches from the frostbite,

And as my head shakes,

Why does my heart break?

Oh no…

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Another Time ⏲️

Chatter back and forth in the kitchen,

You only matter when they listen.

Sink back into your chair,

Then itch at your chin hair,

If I’m not really there,

Should I move to prayer?

Pray for another time,

When they held me closer,

Pray for another rhyme,

Don’t want to squint again.

Maybe I’m looking too far into it,

But they never seem into me,

I don’t know the words to this song.

Might be hooking onto a catch too big,

But they never seem to see me,

I couldn’t know what I did wrong.

To and fro,

Look away,

To and fro,

Got to go.

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TV Set 📺

Distract me for a moment,

My glass brain is smudged,

I don’t know where the time went,

Somehow I can’t budge.

Discard it for a moment,

My glass brain shatters,

I don’t know where the joy went,

My joints are scattered.

Pop to static in my erratics!

Contort me and distort me,

Abort the operation, haha,

And I’m trying to cling on,

But there’s nowhere to cling on!

Displace me and erase me,

Race the decomposition, hey hey,

And I’m urging to cling on,

But there’s nowhere to cling on!

I’m needing to cling on,

Turn on the TV set,

I wasn’t ready yet.

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I Will Grow 🍄‍🟫

I could walk in time,

The hours hang by the vine,

And these legs are mine.

I may dance with rhyme,

An unexpected chime,

I wont have to mime.

I will grow up fine,

Passing the daybreak line,

The choice was all mine.

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Kitchen Sink 🍴

Woe is me, feel the pain,

Now in tow, can’t explain,

With a pill to the brain,

Lost the hope down the drain.

But I could fish it out,

Wish for something better,

Fingers moving about,

Wanting to grasp better.

Say it’s my behavior,

Clogged up the kitchen sink.

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That’s All 🫙

We pass, we lie,

A mess, we fall.

Thought I knew better, thought I did,

That’s when I had to shut the lid.

For less, time flies,

That’s it, that’s all.

Another mistake, and it hurt,

On my hands and knees in the dirt.