A Stone

Hot breath
 Rough skin
 Warm laughs & smiling
 The loveliest words
 Whispered & meant
 You like all these things
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 But though you like all these things
 You love a stone
 You love a stone
 Because it's smooth
 & It's cold
 & You'd love most to be told
 That it's all your own
 You love white veins
 You love hard grey
 The heaviest weight
 The clumsiest shape
 The earthiest smell
 The hollowest tone
 You love a stone
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 & I'm found too fast
 Called too fond of flames
 Then I'm phoning my friends
 Then I'm shouldering the blame
 While you're picking pebbles out of the drain
 Miles ago
 & You're out singing songs
 & I'm down shouting names at the flickerless screen
 Going fucking insane
 Am I losing my cool
 Overstating my case
 Well, baby, what can I say?
 You know I never claimed
 That I was a stone
 & You love a stone
 You love white veins
 You love hard grey
 The heaviest weight
 The clumsiest shape
 The earthiest smell
 The hollowest tone
 You love a stone
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 You love a stone
 Because it's dark
 & It's old
 & If it could start
 Being alive, you'd stop living alone
 & I think I believe
 That if stones could dream
 They'd dream of being laid side-by-side, piece-by-piece
 & Turned into a castle
 For some towering queen
 They're unable to know
 & When that queen's daughter came of age
 Well, I think she'd be lovely & stubborn & brave
 & Suitors would journey from kingdoms away
 Just to make themselves known
 & I think that I know
 The bitter dismay
 Of a lover who brought fresh bouquets everyday
 When she turned him away
 To remember some knave
 Who once gave just one rose
 One day
 Years ago