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Your pretentions speak louder than the thoughts in your head
Though the craft of word arrangement as you’ve learned of is dead
You’re a shrinking necessity, yet you don’t seem to show it
For you’re a 21st century poet

And these intellectual undertakings you so boastfully claim
Are merely gestures to an old kingdom that you’d wished to have reined
But rather than irrelevance, it’s your condition you notice
For you’re a 21st century poet
Yeah, you’re a 21st century poet

And you complain of your empty wallet from behind a fine cigarette
Because only these you can afford for they help you to forget
All the ones you loved so deeply who didn’t even know it
For you’re a 21st century poet

And you’ve skimmed just enough to say you’re well read
And become every character or at least in your head
Now your muse is your arrogance and you’re hopeless to control it
For you’re a 21st century poet
Yeah, you’re a 21st century poet

You’re a 21st century poet
You’re a 21st century poet
And your endurance into extinction is your only will to live
For you’re a 21st century poet
You’re a 21st century poet

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from 21st Century Poet (Helsinki Airport Demo Versions), released December 3, 2013

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Brian Smith Portland, Oregon

Brian Smith is a geofolk musician on an endless tour around the world.

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