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Love in the Time of Cyborgs

from Apocalypse Songs by Aaron J. Shay

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Here lies the hand that held mine
Tightly, like a lonely vice
As the bright light split the horizon
And the sky filled with shards of ice
We stood under the veneer of safety
The waking dream that nothing could change
Even as the clouds of ash gathered
As the world began to rearrange
"Get your things. Get into the car."

Here lies the leg that leapt
Over the hungry chasms in the street
As we raced from the coming storm
On aching, tired, and organic feet
Days later, where we found our safety
We found a mechanic as well
We were in dire need of an upgrade
She had what we needed to get out of hell
Better bodies are needed to survive this war
But our bodies are not who we are
Our bodies are not who we are

These days, I wake up to news—
An understatement to call it "grim"
Every morning, I feel farther away—
Every part of me is a phantom limb
When you wake up and draw back the curtains,
I see the freshly disturbed ground
Where we buried our former selves
By the shores of Puget Sound
So close to the future, from the past, so far
But our bodies are not who we are
Our bodies are not who we are

Why fix a broken heart?
We can build one or take one apart
And that's where we'll start

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from Apocalypse Songs, released January 26, 2019

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Aaron J. Shay Seattle, Washington

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Sci-fi storyteller and banjo balladeer. I believe in the good kind of apocalypse.

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