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The Brightest Parade on Earth

from The Drug of Dreams by David Peters

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as the brightest parade on earth breaks hearts I'm driving
silently down palm-treed streets
that the whole world knows by name
don't be surprised if it gets in your blood
and rips your small town childhood up
for there's no going back
with such pride in the act of going for broke

through the beautiful sinners
and dog-ugly winners
and average cogs in the machine
you smile at the show
even from the last row
'cause the windows are down and it's February

you can discuss the trends as you network for friends
or just go sit on the beach
as the faces you've watched all your life
do their workouts and their grocery shopping
and their history is advertised in the strangest of places
like the small dirty diners filled with clean sitcom faces
and they've all got a girl left behind
for this world of never-ending distraction

through the beautiful sinners
and dog-ugly winners
and average cogs in the machine
you smile at the show
even from the last row
cause the windows are down and it's February

you've got stories for home
you've graduated your poems
to a well-conceived piece of pop art
and though apocalypse looms
the flowers still bloom
and you grin because you're living the part
at heart

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from The Drug of Dreams, released January 3, 2013

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