Prisoner of Joy

from A Run at the Funnel by Pelted Shell

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Prisoner of joy
Chained to the plane
Looked at a candle with his floodlight
It lit it up
But stayed the same
Which was evidence to him
That the conditions were not right
Prisoner of joy
He took to his life
As a transmission into the air
A chattering sentence
Tapped out in code
Shivering brightly without knowing what had put him there

He was here once before
But he got so spooked that he could not relax
Why did he settle for
The kind of life that pools like wax

Prisoner of joy
He did what he could
He knew he only needed shelter
He stuck to the script
Original list
He watched the others kissing pavement, melting plans
And he stayed away
Prisoner of joy
Keeper of heat
He would find his legs during the judgment
He swore to this
Original list
Greyhound to Binghampton
And up the shady driveway toward the house

He was here once before
And he couldn’t be sure that he was fully released
Why did he settle for
The fools gold patting on the back from the police
He was here once before
But the real fun came
He started talking to himself
In the beginning it was utterances
After a while it was just like someone else

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from A Run at the Funnel, released August 27, 2019

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