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The President of Mental Health

from Discipline Soup by Caley Conway and the Lucy Cukes

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I was having a most difficult time trying to explain myself
to the president of mental health
on how we station tissue boxes all around our house
in case something comes leaking out
in case the word you meant to use to try to reorganize
the truth
it wasn’t something we could talk about
hows this for relatable, piled up, and aborted nonsense?
those mangled babies on your conscience
probably got more confidence
so this is my poetic way for saying you’re defected
i find you defected

I’ve spent a countless sum of hours
in a cubicle in a tower
believing that god was on a telephone call and I'd
transcribe his wisdom through the wire
you know you couldn’t have risen up much higher
O helpless fetus! Spiritually complete us! Jesus gets
a little tired
every once in a while
and the president says we gotta make a few corrections
'cause you’re profoundly unlike me
and you’re far too frivolous with your money
to purchase the quick recovery
so in my own professional guess,
based on what I've suggested,
i find you defected.

O treat me kindly!
I’ve got a growth inside me!
Institutionalize me!

I had a mother who played tricks on me
to make me love her
she was two-faced, she was foul
she bought food, toothpaste and towels and told me i was born
out of her belly
well i think its funny that you say you love me
i think its funny that you say you love me
i think its funny that you say you love me
when you wouldn’t push me out of your tummy

here comes the head
am i doing exactly what you wanted?
am i doing exactly what you wanted?

And though I know this may be news to you
and unexpected
well you are the most detested
waste of precious time invested
of the rest that we've collected
and that i find you defected

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from Discipline Soup, released January 16, 2014

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Caley Conway Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Rooted in folk but hardly bound to it, Caley Conway's inventive style ranges from jazz to post-rock, hints at the familiar, and embraces a dissonant beauty. The Milwaukeean's breezy voice and disarming wit belie a deep sonic complexity, bringing a new set of rules to the singer-songwriter paradigm. ... more

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