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Afterglow

from Year of the Bear by theythem

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The ceiling fan stirs
And I am coldly aware
Of the short, shirkened shocks running up from my bile
Straight through my hair.
Last night was a victory.
Today is a curse.
Mark each lash on the lids before mine,
Wonder which eye will open up first

You are heaving homemade sonnets,
And tasting the back of my hand.
Your silence and rhythm fill the unwashed hours
With fragile, fierce demand

I steady my fingers
Sweep up my scruples
Focus my love on the rings 'round your pupils
And I become bright again.

The sun streams cherry blossom into my lungs
I give what warmth I have to thee.
We trace Sanskrit on our bodies with fingertips and tongues
So our secrets can be hidden but free.

And every blood-beat feels like chanting.
And I have forgotten my last breath.
We hiss through the skyline, screaming wild in free fall,
And cheating death the only way that we've got left.

I kick out the airlocks
Scoff at the weather
Burn all the scripts I've been reading forever
And I become bright again.

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from Year of the Bear, released June 3, 2015

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"This is not your average Folk radio. The sound that [theythem] creates is pure gold, and Notes to My Blood is a charming, artistic record, that will draw new and old fans alike."

- No Depression, The Journal of Roots Music

"Tasteful and refined, Chris Norwood’s 'Year of the Bear' represents the future of folk."

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