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Ask for Nothing

from Steven Kattenbraker by Steven Kattenbraker

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“Ask for nothing and…”
His dreary routine is ended and brings his demise
His eyes never opened, his face was a disguise
He perished in the waves of his obscurity
He never could read the tides

The ledgers still filled with the lists he’d made
Line by line one fiction at a time
Each night he slept in any doorway he found
Wouldn’t get trapped or have to go out

Couldn’t keep a promise so a promise he never made
And he expected the same
His foes were windows and his comrades were mirrors
He pitted the unknown with the mundane

His mirrors returned his questions as answers
And he knew he could expect the same
He circled the globe with no stories to tell
No treasures no damsels no dragons to fell

Waiting around for his timer to go off
He’d been dead for years when his heart finally stopped
He buried himself when his time came
The water did fast work and he didn’t feel a thing

He had no debts or favors owed and not a bit of shame
No slights, no condemnation, and no one to blame

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from Steven Kattenbraker, released January 1, 2004

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Part Eliott Smith, part L. Cohen, as run through the production wringer of Daniel Ash…Kattenbraker’s baritone voice is pleasant and soothing. The guitar work sweet and mellow and, might I add, deftly played… Portland’s Music Liberation Project

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