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Triangles

by Kokayi

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Triangles in a non-binary gentrification tale of love and the subsequent erasure of indigenous cultures.

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Jamie’s in love with love
and James is in love with her too
but Jamie’s in love with Lynn and she’s never given a clue

So they all run around like nothings ever changing
fucking up the vibes with a messy old arrangement
while all the other friends move to the city where it’s safer
waiting for them all just to get it all straightened

But Lynn is in love with like
and Mike is in like with him too,
while James always hangs with guys
repressing emotional tools

So they all sit confused cuz every body’s changing
reciting all the rules for a Puritan arrangement
squeezing out kids in a split level with basement
Let’s move into apartments with over colored neighbors

Oh say can they be
more sanctified than we
with a patch for bravery
you move on in & you never call the police
thanks

So Lynn fell in love with James and Mike fell in love with him too
that’s cool
Adopted cool kids and enrolled them in charted school
how cool

Now they all sit around and complain about the neighbors
pushin up the prices adopted pets in every flavor
messianic complex
but fuck you and your savior
Stop sitting on my stoop
smoking Newport’s reading papers

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released May 15, 2020
written produced edited mixed
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Kokayi D.C.

Preeminent Improvisational vocalist. 2023 Guggenheim Fellow. Grammy nominated artist, producer, author of You Are Ketchup and other fly music tales.

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