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The grapefruit heart cannot be kept,
Don't try to make it stay.
The grapefruit heartbeat's coarse and loud,
Melodious, dismayed.
Some bitter, bright, and lonesome sound
That earns a wastrel's wage.

A wastrel's wage, I'll gladly draw,
My pension in old age
Pays pain and pride and penitence,
Delight and soft decay.
So everything the Devil likes
And hasten to the grave.

The ne'er-do-well does well to know,
And well I know the way
That leaping for tomorrow
Beckons Mother's tears today.
That is, if ever Mother's there to bear
Poor witness to the fray.

So, mourn not, this rounder's lot,
Leave be and as it may.
Sweet sleep could be such recompense
For sentience and rain
That falls upon my thirsty Earth
And washes me away.

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from Selections From Grapefruit Heart, released April 25, 2022

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The Brown Thrasher Detroit, Michigan

The Brown Thrasher is a British-born Iranian musician and songwriter based in Detroit. His first album Grapefruit Heart was produced by Danny Kroha.

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