Villanelle

from Brave Ink by Patient Barney Penrose

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lyrics

He lifts his glass high as if to give a toast,
Sits tall on a barstool, glows like a lamppost.
Content to be almost

As wild eyed as he wanted, not as much as he'd hoped
Last call comes so quickly, last night comes back slow
He lifts his glass high as if to give a toast

To blacking out on Fridays—or at least coming close,
And waking up Saturdays, most anyplace he knows
Content to be almost

Friends with all the waitresses, whose names he doesn’t know.
He never minds silence or waking alone.
He lifts his glass high as if to give a toast

To this life that he chooses. He’s more satisfied than most:
Damn near satisfied with damn near everything he chose.
He lifts his glass high, as if to give a toast,
Content to be almost.

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from Brave Ink, released April 12, 2014

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Patient Barney Penrose Richmond, Virginia

"As a lyricist, Patient Barney Penrose shares a vividness with Matt Berninger of The National, expressing himself with melancholic, literate concision. These are lyrics that read well without a melody. An extension of an obvious literary talent, they embellish his dulcet arrangements."

Julian Belvedere, HY.GEN.IC London ... more

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