Cockroach

from Vulgar Modalities by Pablo Jones

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cockroach
cockroach

I did not take you out
it was the exterminator
that comes by
in the brutal summer months

cockroach
cockroach

I hope you don't mind me saying
you look like a drunk Rockette
belly-up in the bath tub
greeting the last surrender
with a crazy-legged dance

cockroach
cockroach

you are super tough
no one could deny you that
but I've seen this kind of thing before
and you're not
definitely not going to make it

cockroach
cockroach

I took you to the window box
and I set you in the flowers
my sister sent last winter
and you lived for many days
among the azaleas and heather
a titan of the living
fading into majestic stuff

and if it makes you feel any better
I've seen this kind of thing before
in small towns and big cities
in marriages and commerce
in all order of life

and sometimes I think to myself
hey what a shitty thing
hey what a shitty deal
and other times I feel okay about it

cockroach
cockroach

tonight I feel okay about it
tonight I feel okay about it
cockroach I feel okay about it

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from Vulgar Modalities, released October 2, 1998

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Pablo Jones Minneapolis

Pablo is a Minneapolis based singer-songwriter who has performed throughout the U.S. and released two full-length CDs: Vulgar Modalities (1998 Spiderbone Records) and Bitches and Machines (2001 Sursumcorda). His latest recording, Absolute Prophetic Weakness (2008 Spiderbone Records), was written and recorded over a seven day period and released exclusively online. ... more

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