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good morning, america. it's 2020.

by Igor Brezhnev

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I got to record this poem in October while recording Nights Since and was hoping to go back to the studio to record more poems before the end of 2020 and release another album in December. Alas, another pandemic lockdown happened and odds are I won't be back in the studio until some time in 2021. So here's my last release for 2020. A poem that sums up the year.

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good morning, america. it’s 2020.

good morning, america.
you burial ground haunted,
you darling riot, you earthquake
of a million footsteps, you chopper in
our sky, you mama-they-shot-me day
after day, you foreign affair, you tongue
in my ear, you ragged poet, you lost poem,
you make us believe in the apocalypse
daily, you weigh us for what we are
worth on your market, you billy
club kissing babies, you tear
gassed summer, you dollar
brand shining, you murder
in a stained uniform,
you sexy lie on tv,
you depressed
in my arms.

good morning, america.
you dive bar night wisdom,
you two-week attention span,
you bored cinema on our screens,
you drank too many of us in your
dreams, can you move, america?
you woke up with a hangover
and forgot your first name.
will you gobble us up for
breakfast, do you love
us, do you want us
like we want you, can
you breathe? i learned to
pronounce your name, can
you learn to say mine without
blood on your hands? america,
can you keep your old promise,
can you stop killing your children
on your streets, can we breathe?
america, please. good morning,
america. what will it be, love?


portland, oregon / june-july 2020

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released November 20, 2020
First published by Nailed Magazine (www.nailedmagazine.com) on July 4th, 2020.

Recorded by Brian Bauer at Shady Pines Media in Portland, OR.
www.shadypinesmedia.com

Released with assistance from Lightship Press.
www.lightshippress.com

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Igor Brezhnev Portland, Oregon

Igor Brezhnev is a poet, an author and an artist, amongst his other sins. He has first-hand experience with confronting depression, homelessness, poverty, and xenophobia, as well as more common ailments like heartbreak and spilled coffee. Igor has authored three books: the book of possibilities (2012), dearest void (2016) and america is a dry cookie and other love stories (2018). ... more

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