{"id":352,"date":"2011-08-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ink.verticalplus.co.uk\/archive\/?p=352"},"modified":"2011-08-19T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-19T11:00:00","slug":"ben-norths-i-met-you-singing-karaoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inksweatandtears.co.uk\/archive\/ben-norths-i-met-you-singing-karaoke\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben North's "I Met You Singing Karaoke'"},"content":{"rendered":"

I Met You Singing Karaoke <\/span>

I met you singing karaoke<\/span>
that night you sang one hell of a song.<\/span>
since then we've been spitting<\/span>
many of these flyaway goodbyes.<\/span>
gravity somehow doesn't abide<\/span>
its different like sand and ice.<\/span>

you said you were touched<\/span>
I still don't know what you mean,<\/span>
you still don't listen,<\/span>
I talk of your beautiful voice,<\/span>
try reminding you I can still love.<\/span>

but green flames of young rage<\/span>
jump off its feet<\/span>
doing perfect somersaults in air,<\/span>
start heating my skin.<\/span>
and dancing on it.<\/span>

you run<\/span>
I can-<\/span>
stop-<\/span>
you<\/span>
but you, I won't let me,<\/span>
thank God,<\/span>
I won't tie you down I swear<\/span>
you say, \u201cthank God,\u201d beneath your delicate breath.<\/span>
I'll always love the way you speak.<\/span>



*Ben North<\/span>:<\/span><\/font> A young upstart college student out of the heart of our country, the mid west. I'm trying to discover my place. I both write to breath and breath to write.<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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