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Apartment 801

from Road To Wilderness by Britt Kusserow

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I really did steal a road cone from a convenience store. It was green and came with a free advertisement for Turtle Wax.

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The ceiling has its stains,
and the couch has seen a lively past.
Watching, like it always has.
Moved from place to place.

There's nothing here to eat
but Airborne, and Emergen-C,
I use rabbit ears on my TV
for PBS, and NBC.

But I set things up
the way I thought that you might like it.
All my furniture's meticulously placed.
I can't control my thermostat,
too hot or cold (and who needs that)
but I think we'll be just warm enough
when you come to stay.

I'm confused by love.
Wondrous in the morning light,
when you search me, with wide-open eyes.
You'll be here in a week.

But sometimes I regress,
and I think I'm damned, I'm scared you'll leave
when you find out the rest of me
on VH1, or MTV.

See, I am still so reckless.
Like the time I broke that necklace
that she gave me in a letter
just before she went to Greece.

Still so many pictures.
Every now and then I miss her.
But maybe that's the consequence
of dreaming for the seas.

The oven's way too small.
But that's okay, 'cause I don't bake.
There's nothing to eat, anyway.
And nothing on the walls.

You'll be here in a week.
And I'll pick you up, and drive you home.
I love it when we're almost home
and you're dancing, riding next to me.

Alas, alas, there's nothing here
until you're here beside me,
and I won't fear the noises of my kitchen in the night.

I hope you like my traffic cone
I stole from that convenience store.
I hope you like the parts of me I find so hard to fight.

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from Road To Wilderness, released June 10, 2010

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Britt Kusserow Los Angeles, California

Britt Kusserow is a queer singer/songwriter who has lived in too many places. Her latest album, “After Or Before,” is a collection of new songs as well as older songs, reimagined. Britt's lyrics frequently explore existential and spiritual themes, and they are influenced by artists like The Indigo Girls, The Weepies, and Tracy Chapman. ... more

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