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Tiny Armageddon

from Hobgoblin's Hat by Allysen Callery

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1.Tiny Armageddon

Tiny Armageddon small enough
to fit inside your mouth
almost never
talk about it

there's a certain kind of forgiveness
reserve
for the soldier
given his eyes are appropriately weary
given that his body's burdened & broken

you don't ask questions

What did you see while standing
surrounded by death
curious to step
between the bodies & find
your own self laid out amongst them

I will see my own startled face
each day, when I awake
as each morning you must
breathe
place each foot carefully

in sock, in oxblood
leather
rise up slowly, comb your gold
thinning hair
walk into the world once more

Step outside into the world once more

Tiny Armageddon small enough
to fit inside your mouth
almost never
talk about it

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from Hobgoblin's Hat, released February 14, 2010

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Allysen Callery Rhode Island

" Her lilting voice and heartfelt lyrics are eerily close to the work of the late British songstress Sandy Denny, the highest compliment I could hand down to this brilliant artist."- Paste Magazine

Allysen Callery is a self-taught folk artist from Bristol, Rhode Island. Growing up she was heavily influenced by her parent's British Isles Folk Revival records of the late 60′s early 70′s .
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