Dimmer - Bishop Allen

Am I dimmer every day?

Am I just a little glimmer

Like a tiny bobbing head

Of an ocean swimmer?

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Can you see me?

Do I slowly get erased

As I slowly eat my dinner?

Though my stomach might agree

I’m hardly getting thinner

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Can you see me?

I would choose the darkest horse

That’s the horse I’d ride

The stables would be shadowy

And we’d start the race behind

They’d take their feet

And toss their hats

And yell out in surprise

You wouldn’t need binoculars

You’d see it with your own two eyes

Am I dimmer every day?

Am I shrinking, am I shrinking?

Can you recognize my thoughts?

Do you care what I am thinking?

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Can you see me?

You see me now

But it takes a lot of squinting

And there isn’t any shade

And the sun is unrelenting

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Can you see me?

I would choose the darkest horse

That’s the horse I’d ride

The stables would be shadowy

And we’d start the race behind

They’d take their feet

And toss their hats

And yell out in surprise

You wouldn’t need binoculars

You’d see it with your own two eyes