The Next American Epic
Three Survived
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The novelist wanted a room He came in, carrying himself like a front-end loader Back hunched, though in a formidable way There was nothing weak or-or-or vincible about him Just something... sinister, which unnerved the receptionist I remember him clearly His dialogue was a brook of prolonged and complex vocabulary It perplexed us at first and did little to ease the tension He wore a trench coat that was intriguingly too long And a pair of reading glasses that hugged his nose like the edge of a cliff He asked for a room and a month alone And demanded that no staff bother him and that his calls be held That was fine with us And left him we did To allow his mind to-to fester over his stay Locked in the room overlooking the garden Dreaming up a tale The Next American Epic Look inside yourself Can you find yourself Have you lost yourself Where will you find yourself In the pages of the book in which you unwound yourself In the pages of the book the cost which you paid yourself The death of the hermit came as a surprise to many The shock worked its way through the town A ripple of word of mouth that gradually spread from one end to the other Each individual was seized with a fear and mistrust of their friends and peers Which would not leave until their mind was blank in a way that was only possible if they were asleep Or dead The funeral was interesting People weren't sure whether to go or not To some it felt insensitive and to others It felt a necessity Whether you were there or not didn't matter You knew about the hermit Everyone did The investigation started immediately Starting at the hermit's home and going from the shore all the way to the neighbouring towns I-it was difficult to say what had happened But as the list of suspects wittled down The fear in the town only grew higher "Who killed the hermit?" They would ask And ask they would again and again Until finally came the answer Who killed the hermit? The novelist killed the hermit. Frenzied eyes Dash to the toilet Puke bile into the depths of the hotel sewage Hotel? Or prison? Not sure anymore My mind filled with a battle A battle between fiction and reality "Who killed the hermit?" They ask "Who killed the hermit?" I don't know anymore If I even did know in the first place Who killed the hermit? Who killed the hermit? Trust in the eyes of another But I, I am alone Who killed the hermit? Submit myself to the shortcomings of my tales Submit myself Submit myself Who killed the hermit? Was it me? Is there blood on my hands? Who's to say? Not me, for now I am mute Who killed the hermit? Who killed the hermit? Who killed the hermit? Out the window, I see a gardener He peers at me with untrusting eyes Unforgiving He knows He knows what I've done He knows that I killed the hermit Who killed the hermit? Did he kill the hermit? Who killed the hermit? Who killed the hermit? What is-is real? Who killed the hermit? Who killed the hermit? Good Lord Good Lord, take pity Take pity I did not mean to kill the hermit Who killed the hermit? Who was the hermit? I can taste the bile Who killed the hermit? I can feel the blood Who killed the hermit? I can see the other side I killed the hermit I killed the hermit I killed the hermit I killed the hermit I killed the hermit I killed the hermit I killed the hermit I killed the hermit I killed the hermit I killed the hermit I killed the hermit I killed the hermit I killed the hermit
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