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Asters

from White Boyfriend by B.O.Y.F.

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Tangle tangle, all your freckles and nerves
in his double-­voiced tongue
and his sentinel stance
Now he must untangle (oh) his listening ear
from your listening silver­-ringed ear

We may not realize, but our bodies prepare
yes our listening bodies prepare for this
Tangle tangle, fibers gather at the core
in the shape of a star

In his coppery beard
Each hair
originates there,
grows long,
and surfaces, raw to the touch,
a chrysalis right for a prince, (oh oh oh)

Sparkle sparkle, such a shimmering mess
It draws your eyes right in; it keeps you up pretty late
In a year or so, it's gonna break down; the last spiderwebs disintegrate

We may not realize, but our bodies remember
how to knit with the threads of a loss
I know a mother with a kingdom of yarn
in the shape of her heart

In her steadying hands
Each thread
beginning at one in her core
(some harrowing change in recall)
through her spinnerets out through her sleeves,
it leaves

We may not realize, but our bodies prepare
yes our remembering bodies prepare for this
Tangle tangle, fibers gather at the core
in the shape of a star

In his coppery beard
Each hair
originates there,
grows long,
and surfaces, raw to the touch,
a chrysalis right for a prince, (oh oh oh)

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from White Boyfriend, released January 13, 2015

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B.O.Y.F. Minneapolis, Minnesota

B.O.Y.F. (Before Others, Yourself Forever!) is a Minneapolis-based trio that makes "righteously weird" (reviler.org) pop songs about minotaurs, alternate dimensions, the NSA, and (of course) boys. Expect to hear groovy bass lines, ugly-hot synth noises, and gender-defying three-part harmonies, all dressed up in sequins. ... more

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