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Kleptomaniac

from Glass, the Wall's Ghost by Eric Beeny

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You got your camera ready.
You loaded up the film.
I was just another still life you kept
on your window sill.

You kleptomaniac, taking pictures of my door
as you were leaving…

And if I hadn’t stopped you,
you would’ve taken more…

Just one click of your finger
shot me out of your Canon
where I was trapped in your escape
which you could then examine.

You kleptomaniac, taking pictures of my floor
where I was sleeping…

And if I hadn’t stopped you,
you would’ve taken more…

But I wasn’t in that photograph
of everything you need
‘cause even after all I gave, you never wanted me.
Still you framed me up in all those other cages
where I couldn’t speak or breathe.
I’ve only come to see this now—
that was how you set me free…

You sent me out on my own,
that was how I made it home—
wandering through all the clues
you left for me to follow…
Your message filled in the hole
I dug up with your shovel—
all I found was a great shot of me
from inside the bottle…

But I wasn’t in that photograph
of everything you need
‘cause even after all I gave, you never wanted me.
Still you framed me up in all those other cages
where I couldn’t speak or breathe.
I’ve only come to see this now—
that was how you set me free…
Though I never was ready
any time you said “Say cheese”…

Please...

And if I hadn’t stopped you,
you would’ve taken more…

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from Glass, the Wall's Ghost, released January 14, 2014

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