Poem: "Stealing"
"It's been awhile since I had reason to make things just a little unsafe"
This heart is much like an empty home
vacant, but I prefer it this way
it's been awhile since I had reason
to make things just a little unsafe
I don't have much worth taking
maybe my time, maybe my life
you wouldn't know if anyone was home
because I always keep off the lights
I'm not afraid of losing anything of mine
I'd love to be the roof over your head
but I hate leaving my door open
waiting for what winds up dead
Sometimes I think I deserve to feel this
after all, I don't do much of a good job
keeping myself from getting lovesick
better to be numb than to sob
If you ever decide to come home
just know the door's still unlocked
bed's always ready, food at the table
ready when you are, if you're ever able
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inspired by April PAD (Poem-A-Day) #5: "stealing"
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Kirk Pineda, LMHC (aka "DEUXQANE")
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I'm a therapist based in New York. I love my kettlebell, jump rope, and rower. Mystery/fantasy, rollerblading, herbalism, poetry, RPDR, and water enjoyer.
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"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
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