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Anything Productive

from The Nearest Parallel by Andrew Schneider

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Take a tired armature
That’s bent to want and wallow.
Draped in bronze, the curvature
When struck, replies as hollow.

Never happy, Never sad.
Always occupied.

I might as well do something pointless and productive.
I’ve tried everything else.
When every urge is whispering something self-destructive,
Hit me with a swell of flashing lights and ringing bells.

You’ve gotten used to disappointment;
Life’s thrilling edge is dulled until blunt.
Still there’s a pulse of contentedness-
Sometimes whole hours at once.
Your aches are distant and tender as
A treated wound packed with gauze.
Ignore the likeness to hospice care-
Comfort has you in its claws.

I know I shouldn’t complain.
But, please, just let me have this weariness.

I might as well do something pointless and productive.
I’ve tried everything else.
When every urge is whispering something self-destructive,
Hit me with a swell of flashing lights and ringing bells.

I might as well do something pointless and productive,
Clutching to the suffering in all that I’m accomplishing.
There’s something nicely numbing and seductive
In floating through each night so entertained and mesmerized.

I might as well do something pointless and productive.
I’ve tried everything else.
When every urge is whispering something self-destructive,
Hit me with a swell of flashing lights and ringing bells.

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from The Nearest Parallel, released March 28, 2018

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Andrew Schneider Chicago, Illinois

Andrew Schneider is a multi-instrumentalist based out of Chicago, writing and producing Art Rock, Jazz, Indie/Alternative, Psychedelia, Post Punk, and more. Andrew is inspired by XTC, Talking Heads, Joe Jackson, David Bowie, and any other artist who refuses to commit to a single sound or style. ... more

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