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Poetry

FAST kid

Sun stare,
don’t care
with my head in my hands
thinking of a simpler time
Like Sun Ra,
feel small,
but I had it under control every time

When I was a FAST kid wearing a black shirt
Look how I do this, look how I got this
I was a fast kid working the night shift
You were my man, felt like I got this

Down at the student ministries Conference
Down in Barrington, I was only 19
Down at the student ministries Conference
I only mention it ’cause it was such a scene
And I felt seen

Summer, sizzling
Listening to jazz out on the lawn
Listening to White Stripes when they were white-hot
Listening to rock, all day long

When I was a waitress wearing a white dress,
handling the heat
I wasn’t famous, just listening to Kings of Leon to the beat
Like, look at how I got this
Look how I got this, just singing in the street

Down at the Leadership Summit
I felt free ’cause I was only 13
Such a scene

Summer, summer’s almost gone
We were talking about life, we were sitting outside ’til dawn
But I would still go back
If I could do it all again, I’d fly
Because it made me feel,
made me feel like a god

It kinda makes me feel,
like maybe I was better off
Cuz it made me feel
made me feel like a god
Kinda makes me feel
like maybe I was better off?

 

me intropolated with white dress by lana