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Now That I See You

by Todd Portnowitz

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Now that I see you,
only you,
I'm lonely when you're gone
and keeping myself company
is like trying write
a letter to
a friend after too long—
all news is ancient news
like jumping in mid-stream
in a consciousness
outside of which
I once could never see
and there's a story in the Bible
when the prophet strikes a rock
too proud to beg for water
and I'm trying to keep
my head on straight
and remember what I'm not

and disassemble all the monuments I raised
to vague accomplishments I never even made
and keep the light from throwing shadows in my way
to be here now
and love you unbound.

Now that I need you,
only you,
I know where I belong,
still I'm clipping fatal wires
in my brain like it's a bomb
trying to unchain this chain reaction
that says staying still is wrong
no matter what the explanation
well, it's a dumb machine
and it isn't me
and I'll tell it what I want

and disassemble all the monuments I raised
to vague accomplishments I never even made
and kill the lights still throwing shadows in my way
and be here now
and love you unbound

love you ungrounded
my feet on the ground
my head in the atmosphere
and all the way around
the God forsaken hemispheres
and half way back to town
and I dare you to enlighten me
the ethereal is never free
and this heaviness it levels me
this busyness it harrows me
and the measure of my soul
is in your soul.

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released July 17, 2014
recorded in Hudson, NY

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Todd Portnowitz New York, New York

From 2004 - 2009 Todd Evan Portnowitz performed as singer/songwriter in the Florida band Clock Hands Strangle, recording two LPs, Redshift/Blueshift (2007 Team Grizzly) and Distaccati (2009 Chocolate Lab). He now performs and records as a solo artist out of New York, NY ... more

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