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Scratches

from 10​,​000 Years by Merlin Ball

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Run your fingers
Over the scratches
Around my eyes
They have shape
Even eyeballs
I am blind

Run your fingers
Over the scarring
Across my chest
A heart is in there
They took out the rest

Please touch me in the dustless dark
It has been so long

Run your fingers
Over the absence
Where torso meets leg
There’s nothing there now
What’s the purpose
Without the play

Run your fingers
Over the carvings
Beneath my feet
Does the light
From your pale lantern
Let you see

I’ve lived a half-life
These scratches are text
I lived a half-life
They tell you what happened
They tell you what’s next

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from 10​,​000 Years, released August 11, 2015
© Merlin Ball 2015

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Merlin Ball draws on many musical atmospheres to create a singular space and mood. Net result: indie-driven stuff that blazes along under sombre skies and brilliant sunrises. How do you talk to someone 10,000 years away? This is Merlin Ball's attempt.

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