the light’s too bright
\nand the sound’s too loud
\nand the ink is frozen in place<\/p>\n
if i’d turned down the chance
\ni’d have missed the moment
\nthat swept me up and
\ndropped me off and
\nleft me here
\none monkey short
\nor maybe just a hand<\/p>\n
so throw me a rope
\nor hand me a line
\nand I’ll write my way back
\nto where the light illuminates
\nand sound talks sweetly in my ear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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