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The Passenger

from Singing Is Contagious by Matthew S. Rosin

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Hatred is a dead body handcuffed to my wrist. I drag it behind me, uphill and down.

The face that smears over rocks and concrete: the same as the one I see in the mirror. The fingers that cut grooves into the soil bear my fingerprints, leave their traces.

The wake I trail behind me slowly ceases to be red. The passenger sheds his skin. I grow still more hollow. Blank features pass away, as my face grows ever harder. My back curves from the weight. The spine is bleached by sun.

By the time the bones remaining detach and fall away, there will be nothing left; nothing left to save; but an empty shell dragging empty handcuffs behind.

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from Singing Is Contagious, released December 4, 2020
Meristem Music (BMI), 2020.

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Matthew S. Rosin Mountain View, California

Restless. Searching. Never the same twice.

Matthew S. Rosin (he/him/his) composes atmospheric music that blends ambient, rock, and folk textures.

He is also an essayist, short-story author,
and stay-at-home dad. ... more

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