Desert Guarantee

from A Bottle of Milk in the Eye by (Robert Mathis as) The Human Fly

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My phone is in a cab
The sun becomes the clock
There’s paw prints in the sand
There’s lizards with bright spots
I am feverish and shivering
Goodness gracious, what was I thinking
Or trying to prove?

Your number’s memorized, but
The ranger station’s far
You’re on with tech support
It looks like I’m on Mars
I see mirages of slot machines
You are the quarters in my pair of jeans,
I spend ‘cause it’s there
No more favors if I see you again, I swear

This love is not a guarantee, not a guarantee
I talk up a film I’ve never seen, film I’ve never seen
I’ll become what you think of me, what you think of me

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from A Bottle of Milk in the Eye, released October 16, 2020

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5-piece making eclectic alt-folk hailing from Philadelphia and New York. Powered by friendship.

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