Neko Case

Hello, stranger You remind me of someone A jangling lust Pouncing on a sliver

of a dusty pool of light.

The fire's hue is a maraschino cherry.

Room temperature ice.

Backlit by the bar.

Living on the frontage road Going half the speed Laptops of sick harmonizing With the freeway

While I come home at night to sleep But I swap out a bunch of clothes and leave Only glad we've come so far You and me, let's do it all again I'm the sorcerer's apprentice Your indentured ever-present I'm the sorcerer's apprentice

Over and over and over and over. Like, only— A neurodivergent ADHD kid can do. Right.

Over and over and over and over. Like, only— A neurodivergent ADHD kid can do. Right.

Over and over and over and over. Like, only— A neurodivergent ADHD kid can do. Right.

Music was always just there and I took it for granted, but I also leaned really heavily into it. I did not make a connection that music was something I would want to do or I would do because I was kind of, you know, I was just a girl. And I did not. make a connection between myself and Blondie or myself and the Go-Go's. I just knew I really loved them.

Music was always just there and I took it for granted, but I also leaned really heavily into it. I did not make a connection that music was something I would want to do or I would do because I was kind of, you know, I was just a girl. And I did not. make a connection between myself and Blondie or myself and the Go-Go's. I just knew I really loved them.

Music was always just there and I took it for granted, but I also leaned really heavily into it. I did not make a connection that music was something I would want to do or I would do because I was kind of, you know, I was just a girl. And I did not. make a connection between myself and Blondie or myself and the Go-Go's. I just knew I really loved them.

Well, I was raised to be female in the United States of America. So, you know, I wasn't raised with a lot of self-confidence.

Well, I was raised to be female in the United States of America. So, you know, I wasn't raised with a lot of self-confidence.

Well, I was raised to be female in the United States of America. So, you know, I wasn't raised with a lot of self-confidence.

It wasn't so much deciding I could do it. It was just that I couldn't help but to do it because the desire was so intense.

It wasn't so much deciding I could do it. It was just that I couldn't help but to do it because the desire was so intense.

It wasn't so much deciding I could do it. It was just that I couldn't help but to do it because the desire was so intense.

Even just to sit near it. Anything. Anything I could have.