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"Grace" by Aesop Rock

10/20/2015

 
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"Grace"
Written by Ian Bavitz (Aesop Rock)
Ian, why don't you say grace?
"Dear god thanks, and if you loved me 
vegetables would be extinct"
Now I'm looking down the barrel 
of a string-bean side 
like an exodus of biblical proportion redefined
Rectangle seat 4, squeeze 5, each one
May not be excused from the table 
‘til the green gone
Stomach revvin‘ up an episodic rerun
Where's a dissipating plume of smoke 
when you need one?

Chris and Graham hate ‘em too 
but advocate a braver chew 
invented for the code red, 
cola chaser, nose held, gulp!
Moments later 2 have been released
Leaving me the legroom and the legume police
Going, "freeze, you, with the pretzeled arms
Send your fabricated nausea my best regards
And know this kitchen is a prison 

‘til the pea pods die, I could sit here all night"
So could I

Who was at the door just now?
Kids on dirt bikes 

asking you to bunny-hop the curbsides 
Really?
Yup I told 'em, "oh, he busy, 
he staring at his green beans 

being a total pussy"

Blink twice if you are being held hostage
I speak and spell of a sleeper cell in a hospice
Woke, impersonating busy little helpers
That intimately purr 
between the hiccuping of feathers
Pick a porcelain dish
A single portion canned, frozen or fresh
Defies the glory of the poultry or fish
Via communal bloodletting 
that ruptured a spud levy
No '87 supper-scape 

was truly flood-friendly, ever

Including at your basic cemetery 
for contaminated textures 
60 minutes into never
Where room temp heirlooms 
emanate a crude black mist
To a rendition of "dude, dad's pissed"
Tell dad dude's pissed too
Not to mention genuinely brandishing 
a new gill hue
Still out-mule any last strafing watchmen
‘til the lord taketh waiting as an option

Who was at the door just now?
Kids on dirt bikes 
asking you to bunny-hop the curbsides
Really?
Yup I told 'em, "oh he busy, 
he staring at his green beans 
being a total pussy"

Who was at the door just now?
Kids on skateboards 
asking you to navigate the claymores 
Really?
Yup, I told 'em, "oh, he can't, 
he in the kitchen
pouting and terrified of a plant"

Less like toes in a tide pool
More like left, right, poached 
from notable giant Kaiju
Fat neck, fine tooth, rock and lean, yelling
"This ends now, eat the god damn beans!" ah!
Hangdog mouth talk slang wrong 
and that there's flatware 
exhumed by a crane arm
Time for some action
Stab one ripe for a swipe and extraction
Brined in malpractice

Carried to the cavernous yap 
and obliged access
If only in compliance 

with a deep-fried fascist, peep
Literally bite down once
And my tongue get a flooding 
from my uninvited guts
Pointer finger plug a hole in the dam
Ma notice, "ok gross, blowfish, dinner's over, 
go spit", pop called "bullshit"
Both of my brothers break in, 
like "he on his Davie Hogan 
no mistakin'," by the way

Who was at the door just now?
Kids on dirt bikes 
asking you to bunny-hop the curbsides 
Really?
Yup, I told 'em, "oh he busy, 
he staring at his green beans 
being a total pussy"

Who was at the door just now?
Kids on skateboards 
asking you to navigate the claymores 
Really?
Yup, I told 'em, "oh, he can't, 
he in the kitchen pouting 
and terrified of a plant"
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