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Y​.​Q​.​R.

from Canada 3 by Paris Street

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Part One:

The barista says, “Every animal accepts death”
Before calling out someone’s finished order
I’m too tired to try to question it
Or to take this observation any further

Sitting cross-legged in the coffeeshop’s corner
Watching farmer’s market traffic
A default view of a Regina summer
Not a bad way to have it

Now if the casino could ever go my way
If my baby could be here
Maybe I could be convinced to stay
If the winter were never to appear

In the afterward of broken sleep
And clumsy texts to try to calm her down
Work can wait – defer the screens
Until all the weekend has run out

Greens burst out from plastic bags
To sustain or rot in kitchens
The humor of the name has passed
My malaise is finally slipping

Now if the casino could ever go my way
If her eyes had met mine when I awoke
Maybe I could be convinced to stay
With love and a good winter coat

Part Two:

Accept death and then move on
Like the idea of an animal
Envisioned at a coffeeshop
By someone’s somewhat basic thought

But basic and banal can spring
Ideas worth pondering
Siphoned, sculpted, tossed about
Until the truth comes out

Until the meaning becomes clear
To ponder, accept, or to fear
To sculpt again, to reshape
To form new truths or clear the slate

And start again, lay in wait
And overhear another phrase
Analyze a passing thought
At a Regina coffeeshop

credits

from Canada 3, released May 30, 2017
Written and performed by Carl Polgar.
Additional vocals by Christy Anderson.
Additional percussion by Darrin Revell.

This track was written at Atlantis Coffee in downtown Regina, Saskatchewan on the morning of 30 July 2016.

Special thanks to the Hotel Saskatchewan for the nifty room upgrade and the strawberry water, which surely assisted in getting the creative juices flowing.

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