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Dearly beloved
your eyes are black with spite
& I see your fingernails
are chewed down to the whites

I might have heard the story
of your big divide
another way on another day
with you on the victor's side

but then, dearly beloved
with whom could you confide?

Dearly beloved
sleep now with the truth
it follows at your heel
like a dog running loose

the friends who gave you shoulders
don't answer their locked doors
what they can't blindly justify
is easier ignored

what then, dearly beloved
can you be hoping for?

Dearly beloved
the pieces of the past
are broken at your feet
& piling up fast

I've given all of my advice
now I'm peeled down to the nerves
but somehow you think cruelty
is all that you deserve

but, dearly beloved
you know that is absurd

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from Throw the Lions to the Christians, released March 6, 2012
Recorded at Olde West, San Francisco, CA 1993. Engineered by James Schaefer. Remastered at Kingsize Sound Labs, Chicago, IL October 2011 with Mike Hagler.

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Larry O. Dean Chicago, Illinois

Larry O. Dean was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. His numerous chapbooks include I Am Spam (2004), a series of poems “inspired” by junk email, abbrev (2011), and About the Author (2011). A full-length collection, Brief Nudity is forthcoming in 2013. He is also an acclaimed songwriter whose most recent CD release is Fun with a Purpose (2009) with The Injured Parties. ... more

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