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Hinge of the Year
Emily Portman

After a heady night out on the tiles

As the the nightclubs spill onto the street

There's vodka and wine and blood in the gutters

The drunkards they mutter unsteady on their feet

Wouldn't it be fine to climb up on the roof

See the lights of the city spread out like a galaxy

And with a little Dutch courage inside of me

I'll take a leap of faith in search of proof


Here I sway as the hinge of the year swings around

One sip from the hip flask just might bring the ground a little nearer

Might bring these swirling lights clearer

Might just topple this fear

as the hinge of the year swings around


Searching for proof as these

That these feathers are no flight of fancy

For they've never been flown(?)

Been hiding them under my coat all the winter

But lately how they've grown

So have I, shot up like a weed through the concrete

I'm sweeter than honey dad, that's what they tell me

I make them so heady, a little unsteady on their feet

Until they run from me


Here I sway as the hinge of the year swings around

One sip from the hip flask just might bring the ground a little nearer

Might bring these swirling lights clearer


Might just topple this fear

as the hinge of the year swings around


I won't be anyone's stone carved angel

I'm gristle and feather and bone

I won't be anyone's bird in a cage

No freaks how on a stage

So leave me alone

I knew I was different ever since I hatched out

And I don't need to stumble on rooftops and shout


But here I sway as the hinge of the year swings around

One sip from the hip flask just might bring the ground a little nearer

Might bring these swirling lights clearer

Might just topple this fear

as the hinge of the year swings around


Here I sway as the hinge of the year swings around

One sip from the hip flask just might bring the ground a little nearer

Might bring these swirling lights clearer

Might just topple this fear

as the hinge of the year swings around


I'll take my first footing and part with my old friend the ground


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