Promising Old Man

from Hard Work by Hot Left Pole

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you never climbed that mountain
you never wrote that book
never really did anything
you always said you would

last night in my apartment
i was talking with your ghost
we didn't know what happened
til we read a facebook post

in the graveyard
there's a barren patch of land
here lies
a promising old man

and i heard you had a daughter
i heard she's doing okay
but there's something in the water here
and the water's in her veins

we fell as light as feathers
from your parent's loft
if you ever get to heaven
i hope the landing's just as soft

and one thing i'm still learning
is to keep the things i've got
not lose em while i'm searching
for all the things i'm not

and i never climbed that mountain
i never wrote that book
i never really did anything
i always said i would

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from Hard Work, released April 18, 2022

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