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she sang the songs that buckled knees
charcoal silhouettes of the waking geese
the music man's waistcoat is frail disguise
they don't want truth, just tell better lies

the blockbuster faces in magazines
the seamstress for bed sheets on halloween
the lukewarm applause the failed perjuries
they don't want truth, they just want to believe

go now to rest she said at dawn
her wet summer dress on the compressed lawn
I said it has not been enough to try
they don't want truth, just tell better lies

gathered the hillside was clean and shone
we hit the dry drums with coyote bones
psalm 23 in the eulogy
they don't want truth, they just want to believe

time busted engines that barked and choked
forgotten for useless as wedding coats
the towers of men the starving ford
he don't want truth, he wants something more

subcontracted gardeners for cul de sacs
slow moving parades of white cadillacs
the national mascot the savior sighs
they don't want truth, just tell better lies

feed still the fire it looms the night
the laughterful dinner the table white
they gave their longing to flickering screens
they don't want truth, they just want to believe

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from ellery, released September 12, 2014

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