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Selective Listening

by Civic Mimic

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1.
Empath Bath 02:45
i get quiet when my brain gets loud i need to take a stab at learning to sit down difficult to stay on people's trips that's what i get as a dedicated empathetic kid i was relying on some clarity but now it's gone it came and went so easily like a loved one or lost dog regain my footing and some clarity and i'll go! i comprehend to a certain degree but then i let the cells do away with me i kick myself, they kick my nerve endings it's pretty funny to know that, admittedly i was relying on some clarity but now it's gone it came and went so easily like a loved one or lost dog regain my footing and capacity detain the flooring straight from under me abstain from feeling, give me apathy explain! it's saddening but blissful to me motivated like apathy, but simulated in brain
2.
it takes a long time to figure it out seem to try, but you don't know how and you're so good looking but a miserable spout a clear shot, but it's blurred out notice a pattern here? but not the pretty ones we used to stare at stoned but one more dangerous more like a sinister type insist two wrongs make a right
3.
on a train for a business trip fell asleep, missed the station, shit i am only one pony at the show flipping pages in a chapter book ends at eleven and that's all it took to be zero, some say hero and i can't be much clearer, don't ya know i don't wanna have to say "i'm sorry" i'm not sorry i'm afraid to say it but it's true lacking water in the deep swim lane don't tell me it wasn't worth the pain you are someone, well some thing, in this race staring up at the mirrored sky tell me the last time profits were so high well i bought a new car, a ring for the wife, the latest technology for the little ones, two-way radio speakers for the hot tub, solar panels for mom's radiators, single-coil fashion lips for Aunt Dottie with rechargeable battery power, so you know! i don't wanna have to say "i'm sorry" i'm not sorry i'm afraid to say it but it's true i don't want to have to pay back those earnings that are burning i'm afraid to say it so i won't
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i need it, i need it now feed the urge as time will allow it's no surprise, i've got no self control quick bliss is my only goal i can't rely on the essence of time urgency is my peace of mind no delay when i feel the urge in no time this winner will emerge i seek pleasure in the quickest of ways with nothing worth less than the wait
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it should be a crime to work inside when yr pushing daisies at least you're outside don't tell a one or they'll all catch on staring straight into a blinding light keeping tabs on reasons i can't sleep at night it's true, it's you, and i've gotta get out i wanna see inside your mind chances are it looks like mine rearranging the landscape just to pass the time is not how i'll die there's potential buzzing in the hive producing honey without sugar proves a boring ride no suit suits me like it suits you everyday we turn on a dime sleep in coffins with a bedside just to save some time it's loot, then snooze, then repeat use
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how did you get here? door has been locked for years looking back no longer brings me cheer could've, should've, would've if i tried where would my life reside? john says it's just more grass on the other side i pollute myself to pass the time but the residue sticks to my mind always contemplating things that need not be defined i'll let it slide often times i think thoughts i despise there are days i'll have them over ice entertaining thoughts pertaining to my reddened eyes i'm just high
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Bleach Bath 03:09
i stay in when the rain comes and get lost inside a maze of tile, scum, and grout yet to my surprise there are shapes in stains on everything yeah, don't i know it pains me to wipe them away but here i go taking my bleach bath from grey to overcast in my head, at last all covered surface from the neck down and i'm quivering no sense in using toothbrushes for delivering perfect results for the day's remodeling i go against the grain i lock myself inside a sauna now and plug up the drain all i needed was a last splash but i'll settle for a bleach bath

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Recorded sporadically and spastically on reel-to-reel tape machines
in 2019 & 2020 at In the West, New Brunswick, NJ with Phil Connor 
Mixed & Mastered by Phil Connor 

All songs written & performed by Jeff Hersch

Art by Jeff

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released January 29, 2021

Songs available on PUBLIC SERVICE DENOUNCEMENT: A CIVIC MIMIC RETROSPECTIVE cassette: civicmimic.bandcamp.com/merch/public-service-denouncement-a-civic-mimic-retrospective

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