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Monsters Under The Bed

from Bastards In The Arcade (fdm115) by Chris Anderson

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MONSTERS UNDER THE BED

in the movement of the axis
through the corners of our minds
it's not just what attacks us
it's also who they leave behind
the demons and the beggars
politicians and the thieves
they might restrict our armor
but they never want to leave

in the movement of the sparrow
over fields of marigold
their minds, they may be narrow
but they believe what they are told
from the pundits to the preachers
and the brittle talking heads
they look to them as teachers
but they're just monsters under the bed

in the movement of the morning
as the dawn escapes the night
thirty legions, they are storming
but they cannot put up a fight
for the limit of their crush
is like a passage to the void
where the amateurs all push
and they all struggle to avoid

the monsters under the bed
do they get inside of your head?
do they wait until they're fed?
or do they just leave it instead?
do they commune out with the dead?
or do they wade through all the dread?
did they hear you when you said
there's monsters underneath the bed?

-3/29/08

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from Bastards In The Arcade (fdm115), released November 15, 2019

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Chris Anderson Alexandria, Virginia

Chris is a wildly prolific songwriter who has hovered among the outskirts of the music world for over 30 years. On his own label, Flying Dachshund Music, Chris has released 154 CDs, 96 of them being full-length albums. That's just the tip of the iceberg and there are no signs of stopping. Ever.

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