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sew my eyelids to the storm and wait for the rains to come.
stitched under your laughter, i stand heavily ever after
in the blind thunderhead’s wet hum.

drag my eardrums through the sand and answer the shell-phone’s ring.
listening to the ocean, i think i taste your salt-emotions,
and the wind fills my lungs to sing. and i sing:

“the way we live along these shores is shameful and depraved.
it seems like we might have missed the call,” but i don’t know…
maybe we’re just drowning in denial of the waves,
always wondering how we got here at all.
at least i’m wondering how i got here at all.

weave my limbs into the waves and swim to the rocks up ahead.
listening to the seagulls whistling neither good nor evil,
i just heave past the hate and dread.

and from the rock i cast my grief into the sea, and wait for the bait to catch.
looking at all of these nests, i know we’ve always done our best,
but we must peck and peck if we expect to hatch.

and maybe i’m just drifting along this fingernail of moon:
that silver fish hook for the tide, but i don’t know.
lately she’s been lifting up a bigger sail and soon, i’ll be
floatin’ along this ocean far and wide.
yeah, floatin’ along this ocean far and wide.

Now let’s hear it!

[storm]

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from Possibilitarian Smile, released May 1, 2021
words and music arranged by Isaac Fosl-van Wyke

guitar and vocals: Isaac Fosl-van Wyke
background vocals: Lacey Guthrie & Joan Shelley
drums: Rafael Freitas
upright bass: Lucille Ann
violin: Anna Krippenstapel
trumpet: Charlie Walsh
sea lice: D Alex Meeks
recorded and mixed by Jim Marlowe at End of An Ear Studios

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Isaac Fosl-van Wyke Louisville, Kentucky

Isaac Fosl-van Wyke is a songwriter and puppeteer based out of Louisville, KY.

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