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**new monster ave**
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shadows on the broad lawn,
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canopy of trees
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sometime after midnight,
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the ground is gonna freeze.

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birds in the frosty air,
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what are they doing there?

greenhouse full of butcher's broom,
breezes at my back
some time before the sun comes up,
the earth is gonna crack.

I look down at my hands,
like they were mirrors.

fresh coffee at sunrise,
warm my lips against the cup.
been waiting such a long time now,
my number's finally coming up.

all the neighbors come on out to their front porches,
waving torches.