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Hungry for a portion, thirsty for more than what I'm owed
the release can look like crumpling or it can explode, so take extra care
the hip of a rose or the feet of a crow
take whatever evidence you need from my face as a prayer

it's the opening half of something I swear it has to be
digging through rubble, looking harder through debris

if this what I can leave behind
if this what I'm growing out of
then take whatever I own, whatever I claim
take my body take my first and last name

a dozen pretty women swimming synchronously
it's just a minor injury with a more-than-full recovery, i'm not worried
if I can make the final boss just break down and cry
if I can look without my glasses without telling a lie, it's just blurry

I can show you family dictionaries full of pressed leaves
I can show you too much black pepper on pumpkin seeds

And then children breathed so mercilessly
And the mercy moved so breathlessly
and swimmers with kids' little homes engulfed in gentle flames
as they asked to be taken by their first and last names







a laugh so hard it starts to make you sick, at least once a week
a wave hello with a hangnail: it's your very own technique, but what's it for?
imitating animal sounds, and each other's voices too
you're pretty good at that one, even if doesn't have any use
not like before

winter was hard, spring was hard
summer was hard and fall was hard
And I buy a little liquor with a credit card
I speak to them all daily with blatant disregard

it doesn't come easy and it doesn't come free
My fear never reading or reading too closely
the introductions over, the rest is all the same
take everything I have take my first and last name

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from You'll Have To Take My Word For It, released May 27, 2022

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Ethan T. Parcell Chicago, Illinois

Ethan T. Parcell is a composer, artist and educator based in Chicago. His work explores ideas of smallness, hospitality, and union, and is realized primarily though composition and drawing.

He is the leader of experimental opera ensemble Focus Group LLC/Solutions, the ongoing recording project The World Without Parking Lots, and the Duck Brain Anniversary Band. ... more

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