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How it Goes is Not How it Goes

from 33 Songs for 33 People by Henrietta Toughlove

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You seem vaguely Chinese,
half-drunk
and full of sympathy
for the lost and lonely losers
who spend hours at the gym
so they might seem more fuckable
than before they went in--

You seem almost asleep,
hard-pressed
to argue or cheer
or raise your fists to the sky
unless it's fist raising time
and the pictures all need
more representations
of half-awake deeds--

and no one wants to be cold or hungry
and no one wants to be lonely or dead
but I promise that worse things can happen
and I'm sorry I'm not you instead

You seem eager to please
unaccustomed
to graft, greed, or sleaze
or the perfect stupid faces
that come in all flavors
to smile like the sun
going down on someone
who's right behind you.

and no one wants to be cold or hungry
and no one wants to be lonely or dead
but I promise that worse things can happen
and I'm sorry for all that I said.

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from 33 Songs for 33 People, released December 29, 2020
Arrangement: Henrietta Toughlove. Performance: Rob G., Ashley P., Marc P.

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We make pop music that is messy, prickly, weirdly mixed, and free for anyone that wants it.

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