[the Writing of Kuypers]
I
It has been so long since I have been here
I suppose you’re past me now
II
It is amazing how much changes
growth will do that to you, you know
III
I drove up the side of a mountain today
and it allowed me to feel alone
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Changing City
I didn’t know what I’d expect to find
I didn’t expect a swarm of red ants
or three rattlesnakes and a nest
though I guess it’s kind of fitting
for a place I once wanted to live in
for a place that coccoons you soundly
you wouldn’t have it any other way
but I swear, I wasn’t even looking for something else
I didn’t even know what I was looking for
because, you know, I’d like to think I’m past you too
between you, between me
but not between us
and I go to the places I knew in this town
and I look at their changes
and I look at them in a different way
to a place I used to always retreat to
not because it was at the top of the mountain
not because everyone wanted to go there
but because it was out of the way
and because no one was ever there
and that was good
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