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Crystal (feat Joe Hakim)

from Before Koresh by Ashley Reaks

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Words by Joe Hakim

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Bump into a girl
I used to go to school with
in town,
she used to be called
JXXXX-
let's call her Crystal now.

When we see each other
we raise our eyebrows
to say, Hi,
and after the initial shock of
recognition
we carry on walking by,

and it's funny because
at school we would always
flirt,
and she was
one of the first girls
to lift up her shirt
so I could grope her
tits,
a most welcome development
at thirteen,
but then we split,

and she started seeing
kids who were
a lot older -
because they appeared
to be bolder,
and could get hold of
good grass,
and soon after that she was
stoned out of her box
in every class,
and she'd stay up all night
munching acid and E's,
then go to school
the next day
and snort speed
before PE.

I didn't see her that much
after we left,
but I heard she got up
the duff,
something I didn't quite expect,
and then no sighting
for years until I saw her
in town
the other day,
when it took all of my effort
to not look away,
because she's
not yet thirty and
her hair's gone
grey,

and her eyes
resemble whirlpools
made out of clay,
then there's the
deep lines like ruts
around a
down-turned mouth
that stays shut,
but still speaks of
time spent
committing crime
to feed her habit -
see something unguarded,
and you can bet she'll
just fuckin' grab it
and make a run for the door
and not look back;
might be the only chance
she'll get to score
some crack
this week -
I can tell by the state
of her face
she's a total rock freak,
nothing more than a
a walking tomb -

her brain's receiving e-mails
from the Lost Plant Doom,
so make some room for her
as she walks past,
she's living each day as though
it's her last,

the weight of the world
resting on her brow,
her life's like the old bus station -
torn down,

a symbol of things changing
and how -

she used to be called
JXXXX -
let's call her Crystal now.

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from Before Koresh, released February 25, 2015

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Ashley Reaks Harrogate, UK

Genre-hopping musician and collage artist.


"an incomparable talent and a true original, a man who often borders on genius" - Louder Than War (UK)

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