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I Like Where I Live

from Safe by Lydia Burrell

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8. "I Like Where I Live"

On the top of the world
where the light in the summer lasts forever

There's a spot on the globe where the whole Earth
is glued together

I might go there some time
see what it's like
but it's more than likely I'll never

I'll be here in my house
with the blinds all drawn down
trying not to spend all of my time counting down

All the places I'll never go
all the cities I'll never see
how fast time is leaping away
how much money that I would need

Out west there's a spot off the coast
where the sun goes to sleep
but no one has ever succeeded
in catching it beneath the sea

I may try that sometime
see if I can
but if I never capture that dream
you should know I was lucky
to be born in Kentucky
with the people who made me me

And I like where I live

If in fact this road only ends in defeat
and all we lose are wasted expectations and greed
and if it takes a shallow soul to succeed
and we all have to wall in our loved ones
or displace refugees

Then I'll still have a place under the ground
somewhere between the Ohio and Bardstown
in a city of mixed blessings
a poet boxer, and scenic gambling

But I like where I live

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from Safe, released March 24, 2015

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