A Story in the Papers
from roaming on by Camden Joy
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lo-fi disco with stacks and stacks of awesome words
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THERE’S A STORY IN THE PAPER
There’s a story in the paper of an impresario
falling for the painting of an earring he had lost.
There’s a picture of his daughter at the airport in Ontario.
Her father’s in the background of her thoughts.
There’s a decoy in a suitcase and a bomb at Tompkins Square,
an ancient Druid cookbook left back in the taxicab.
There’s a cop who can’t stop working in the parking lot down there.
Somehow, in the paper, it’s less drab.
There’s a letter from a reader about the fireworks in the graveyard
from downwind where the ashes lose their flame.
In this letter he rehashes all the glories of his youth.
The upshot is his jump shot saved the game.
You read the paper off the shoulder of the impresario,
realizing he has found the earring he had lost.
His hands are in my pants in a screen grab by the stereo.
It’s like I’m in the news, I often josh.
There’s a book called, There’s a Season They Call Sadness in Berlin,
the musical’s a bomb in Tompkins Square.
The cop thinks he might see a link. The stories are his everything.
Meantime, there’s a bomb most everywhere.
There’s a story in the paper of an impresario
falling for the painting of an earring he had lost.
There’s a picture of his daughter at the airport in Ontario.
Her father’s in the background of her thoughts.
There’s a decoy in a suitcase and a bomb at Tompkins Square,
an ancient Druid cookbook left back in the taxicab.
There’s a cop who can’t stop working in the parking lot down there.
Somehow, in the paper, it’s less drab.
There’s a letter from a reader about the fireworks in the graveyard
from downwind where the ashes lose their flame.
In this letter he rehashes all the glories of his youth.
The upshot is his jump shot saved the game.
You read the paper off the shoulder of the impresario,
realizing he has found the earring he had lost.
His hands are in my pants in a screen grab by the stereo.
It’s like I’m in the news, I often josh.
There’s a book called, There’s a Season They Call Sadness in Berlin,
the musical’s a bomb in Tompkins Square.
The cop thinks he might see a link. The stories are his everything.
Meantime, there’s a bomb most everywhere.
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from roaming on,
released March 4, 2022
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Camden Joy Middlebury, Vermont
lo-fi americana and caustic wit swirl about a 1970s suburban garage where a 1950s country band plays timeless originals and succinct gems.
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