boxing
Okay - i am, i'm stressed, cause i've been, like, running into - [sighs] i've been running into walls [sighs].
[benson licks something in the background, woods’ pants rustling as woods walks around]
i’ve been
running
into walls
feels like
all i do
is fall
but not
to pieces
no, each time
i end up on the ground,
i’m more lost
than i’ve been found
but i don’t mind
being lost
but, you see,
the thing is,
there’s a cost
[rustling sounds stop]
is there a cost?
[rustling sounds start again]
maybe,
[benson vocalizes, rustling sounds stop]and maybe not
[rustling sounds start again]i always thought
it meant something
about me
that i couldn’t do
[woods steps on a wrapper]
the things - oop -
couldn’t do the things
others could easilybut i don’t mind
[benson vocalizes in support]
trying and trying again -
and trying again
[benson licks my hand]
[rustling sounds stop]i’ve come to value
my ability to fall,
even my ability
to run into walls[licking sounds top, rustling sounds start again]
but i’d rather
that not be
the only way
i feel things
[woods sighs]
[benson vocalizes in agreement][slight chuckle, licking sounds start again]
and it’s just called,
like, full contact sport
[woods laughs, groans]connecting with yourself
and your body is,
it's a full contact sportabsurd, the bird
[creaking of the bed as woods rolls over in the early morning, chuckling]
maybe feeling’s absurd,
but what of the bird who sings
maybe feeling’s absurd,
why are there so many words
that don’t match?
what’s the catch?
maybe it’s a worm
as the-
as the bird sings
its big little tune
its wings spread
and it flies
over the moon
and you say
i hope that
it lands soon
what messages
will it bring
when i hear
the melody
it sings
what of the bird?
what of the worm?
what of all these feelings
that are so fucking absurd?