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1000 Volt Ghost, Pt. Two

from little fires by miscellaneous owl

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Like a cotton ball, like frost on a windowpane,
1000 Volt Ghost is just fluff in a cage
They put him in a box for us
And we sign the papers to adopt
A five-pound rabbit with a hundred-dollar name
He's our first pet together
And I'm scared this will all be too hard
What if he hates us, what if we mess this up,
What if this all falls apart?

But we both feel like winners
When he takes a carrot from your fingers

He is not numinous or luminous or mysterious
Except in the smallest of ways
Wondering what thoughts flit like moths behind his tiny fluffy face
Putting his cage together, filling up his water
He's so small and soft, like a gentle little cloud
Like the tenderness for you that I can barely speak aloud

It feels like we're writing a story
And he is the first word on the very first page
It feels like a shared delusion
It feels like a sacred space
All our tentative hopes
All our vulnerable dreams
Tied up in a five-pound rabbit
With a hundred-dollar name

1000 Volt Ghost pulls hay from the bin
And I feel like my heart will explode
His single-minded happiness shines out like the sun
Wraps us up in its radiation glow
I guess there's something naive about
Believing that I'll love you forever
But when I look in your face
I can't see that changing
Now or ever

And I can't imagine that life could be
Any better than how it feels today
You and me and 1000 Volt Ghost
In our imperfect disarray
I know someday the lights will go out
I know someday we'll lose our small friend
But somehow we go on choosing to love
Believing it will be worth it in the end

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from little fires, released March 3, 2023

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