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A poem exploring that feeling we all experience at times, that the people around us don't or can't really see us. But how that impacts us depends on how much we are or are not willing to take that personally. The tone is confrontingly open-eyed and liberating.
A poem exploring that feeling we all experience at times, that the people around us don't or can't really see us. But how that impacts us depends on how much we are or are not willing to take that personally. The tone is confrontingly open-eyed and liberating.
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A poem exploring that feeling we all experience at times, that the people around us don't or can't really see us. But how that impacts us depends on how much we are or are not willing to take that personally. The tone is confrontingly open-eyed and liberating.
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Transcript
carry me over, over this wall
I'll slip through this key hole, silence this call
calling for something that will not be found
I can't thank you for, this sorry want hangin' round
nothing real new, bout' events that I see
courage is something that some don't perceive
moving through waters electrically charged
most just can't bear the test of resolve
don't be framing me in, a box of your making
based on your life, and your fear to be waking
dont bury me neck deep in perceptual ties
all I will do is see them as lies
cause the one you dont see, is the one you dont know
and how you don't know me, oh the things you don't see
I pity those seduced by the lies
the sum of my whole can be seen in my eyes
if you'd only care to look back at me.
the ties that bind, are only as strong,
as the will to change, the desire to belong,
to an idea of healing, the the sum of us a...
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Timing and Cues
Suggested host intro: poet Robert Weber is a dancer and artist in New York City. The following poem "Carry Me Over" is read and produced by his sister and PRX producer, Shana Weber.
