Sheer Terror

from The Negative Space by The Azure Sea

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You cut the largest swath, here.
You made the trembling appear.
Your breathing, low.
Your comments, old.
You brought the drugs.
You profit on the wild.
You profit on the blight.

My city is dangerous, and
my city is terror, sometimes.

You grew out of the sidewalk,
so keep your knuckles bearing chalk.
We paint you on the side of things.
We make statues and all that waste.
The money, it decays: on every counter there’s a plate
that finds a pipe, below in caves,
it picks a river, then it fades…

The artists pick a corner
and ten developers stake their claim.
They bring dozens of New Yorkers
with their condescending approval rates.
The corpses planted in the suburbs
just brew their ales and procreate.
They could be blind at the gentrified,
if they’d even cross the graves.
You know, sometimes I’m out much too late -

You placed that scarlet letter.
You placed that scar upon your poor.
You pour the blood in gallons,
and re-create the Civil War.
...and here it comes, that sinking feeling,
the steps lead down to The Blue Line.
Your products line the alleys,
and the veins of every mark that sleeps,
but when I wake up,
it’s the same dream:
My city is dangerous.
Dangerous.
Sheer terror.

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from The Negative Space, released December 1, 2020

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The Azure Sea Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Azure Sea is an alternative post punk rock band from Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

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