The Ties We’ve Tied: Shawn Fernando and his mother

Angie | November 4, 2010

From Shawn Fernando
How does one even begin to approach a life so committed to originality? A life both heroic and frail, courageous and craven, human and immortal.
There is no way, to replicate in mere words the impact of having met Spencer, having lived with him, dined with him, drank with him, sought with him and [...]

Oh Jesus

Angie | November 12, 2009

Oh Jesus why don’t you kill me
In a way that doesn’t hurt
They say that you are merciful
So god made me submersible
And hold me underwater
For a time
Woah
Woah Woah Woah
Woah
Woah
Said, Breathing in water
Never feel so good
Before
Said, breathing in water
Never felt so good
I’m a little upset
About the way that shit is
And how my karmadic
Caution ain’t payin’ off
I spent [...]

Dick Van Dyke

Angie | November 12, 2009

It rained
the day that I walked
home today
I went to town
I opened a bank account
You know I’m sorry oh so very sorry I’m sorry I’m broke
and I owe you money
And it’s no beauty
That will go completely unnoticed
It rained
The day Marcel Marceau
spoke on tv
it was supposed to be a joke
but when the silence broke
nobody  thought that it [...]

Colors

Angie | September 29, 2009

They said he was thinking dirty, but he wasn’t dead
So they sent him out west for the fuck with his head
He might have been crazy but he wasn’t insane
Just pretty much a glutton when it came to his brain
Did you find Jesus?
Did you find Minnesota?
Did you find another message under a soda cap
So please play [...]

Miss October

Angie | September 24, 2009

You’re lookin’ great
Miss October
98
You’re gettin’ older
But oh it’s to me
You’re still the same old playmate
To me
You’re still the same old playmate
And promise me that you won’t ever change
Because I might love you
I might just need your body
You don’t know me so you would not understand
how it would break me to see you
with another man
You’re [...]

Krazy Glue

Angie | September 20, 2009

I got stopped by a little
Malicious old lady
Ooooh – I shoulda sue her
I just came in for some
mother fucking Krazy glue
I came out with a misdemeanour
And I never wanted no trouble
No, I never meant no harm
But they took me to the back
And they inked my hands
And they asked me ‘why’d youda?’
Said I was doing [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day

Angie | September 19, 2009

I think you know
Where I want this to go
I think you know
I see it
Then again you’re
Much smarter than me
I know that you’re buying time
And you know love is not a crime
So why are we so afraid
Of each other
You know it’s harder than stone
To watch a pretty girl like you
Go home alone
So no more sitting
Waiting around
For [...]

Never letting it rain

Angie | September 19, 2009

Eight dollars
Two and forty cents
Twelve days
To pay my rent
Big city
Disorienting me
Ain’t the good shit
Supposed to be free
Oh, well what the hell
It ain’t the name of the game
It’s just how you play
You wake up wasted
Go to bed wasted
Awake to the same old beautiful day
So thank you policeman for keeping me safe
For never letting it rain
I get [...]

Rita

Angie | September 19, 2009

The candle burns on through the night
The wax gets deeper
Interrupts the moonbeams with its light
The clock hands turn, but time don’t
Change at all
I’m waiting for the sun
God knows I ain’t sleeping tonight
Its much too cold between these sheets
I miss Rita by my side
You know she left me so many times
But she always comes home
I can’t [...]

String

Angie | September 19, 2009

It’s that rope around my wrist
It’s that post-bowl cigarette
My Lolita
My sweet senorita
My cause
And Effect
Oh, It’s a fucked up situation
A love affair with a ghost at the station
Against what made sense in her calculations
Annie’s gonna reap the fruit of her patience
Because
Annie’s got a heart on a string
And she’s cutting it
Annie’s got a heart on a string
And [...]