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Eleanor at the End of the World

from Names of Things and What They Do by Gentle Brontosaurus

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Like the quick red fox and the lazy brown dog
The tiger jumped over the fence at the zoo
She imagines him running down Ocean Avenue
But he was shot like a dog, like the animal he was
Sometimes the world will punish you for being who you are

Eleanor at the end of the world
With her science fiction books and melancholy art films
Earth Abides, Rivers and Tides,
The Dawn of the Dead, and she's lying in bed,
thinking, how did I get here?
And who will take me away?
In her dead-end job at the local coffee shop
Seems romantic when you're not paying the bills
Oh, Eleanor, at the end of the world

It might be better
Walking through the silent city streets with nobody around you
It might be better
Broken windows under ivy, remnants of society in a handful of dust
Oh, Eleanor, at the end of the world

And she falls
And she calls
Oh, Eleanor, at the end of the world

All the bats are dying in their warm black caves
And the bees are dying in their honey-golden hives
College is a love song to doing what you want
but when you jump the fence, it's time to face the consequences
Writing essays
Applying for an MFA once you have the money

Eleanor at the end of the world
Watching zombie movies and apocalyptic films
La Jetee, 28 Days Later,
The Walking Dead, and she's lying in bed,
thinking, how did I get here?
And who will take me away?

It might be better
Walking through the gathering darkness with nobody around you
It might be better
Tigers in the avenue, running from the city zoo, radio silence
Oh, Eleanor, at the end of the world

And she falls
And she calls
Oh, Eleanor

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from Names of Things and What They Do, released November 6, 2015

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