MEMPHIS HUSTLE I
ASHLEY ROACH-FREIMAN
your fingers hang in my hair
a good tangle a red tangle got your
grip in real hard can’t shake it can’t dance it
neon something about waterfalls
indoors makes a body want
to be known i ask
if elvis was good in bed which elvis
memphis doesn’t know my name sometimes
a comfort in that sometimes a body
says my name real hard the same voice
is it important if i stand on the bluff and say it
real loud something about
your hands up in my hair
memphis i get tired
of trying be heard
be hard above this reclaiming
is it just winter now the naked trees let me see
unclear straight through sky skin linear
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