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Cassandra's Cassette Part 1

from Cassandra's Cassette by The heartless Artichokes

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Here I am at the yard sale of a government agent. I recognize him from across the lawn but he has not met me yet. Is time changing? Everyone should declutter once in a while. Word from beyond is he’s moving to New York for work and I can’t help but smile.

Give me yellow and I will paint you the world. I’m gonna follow my dreams, watch the present unfurl. My sister will be here soon. In a few days a 13 year old’s birthday party will be ruined. Can we change anything? Have we changed some things already? Ah keep it together, follow the plan, hold steady.

I throw my gaze through the upstairs window and I see a child playing with his father's Walkman in his office but what do I know? Oh I know that today there’s a tape that mysteriously gets placed in a box of music my sister buys me for my birthday present. And in the present it’s decision making time. I walk into the house like it is mine. I see the little kid jet down the stairs nearby and then I dance up that same staircase. And I see it on the desk there. The words are printed on the tape, “Handle With Care”

Give me yellow and I will paint you the world. I'm gonna follow my dreams, watch the present unfurl. My sister will be here soon. We won't let that party get ruined. Cassie burned down the forest. She's already gotten her revenge. She wants to go home and point this path toward a different end. How many things have we changed already? Keep it together, follow the plan, hold steady.

Cassie wants to continue to live her life as a good big sister. But won't that make the past a mystery? What would that make me? What about my history? I try not to think about it because there’s nothing I’ve ever wanted more than to have a sister that I could be there for. I place the tape in the box with the rest. I give my sister those books without saying much. That's probably for the best. Let’s do this! A few days pass. It’s time for us to act out our game plan. You’ll see, my sister will be holding my hand at my 13th birthday party.

We arrive outside our childhood home. We feel so prepared, and then all of a sudden out of thin air appear six men in suits. Of course each one of them is holding a half eaten red fruit. They have guns on us. We’re outnumbered and overwhelmed. Cassie's anger gets the best of her and thats when I hear her yell. She rushes them as I watch our plan go to hell. I’ve seen this before in my dreams so I know what will happen if I do nothing. I can’t stand to watch Cassie’s body hit the floor. I push my sister to the ground as the forgotten sound of a gunshot echoes in the ears of everyone around, including some kids gathered for a party close by at a house. I fall to my knees and my last remaining fruit falls out onto the street, right in front of Cassie. With my dying breath I tell her to fix this. She nods, takes a bite and then she’s gone. And now it’s time for me to do the last thing I'll ever do, see the last thing I'll ever see. My murderers disappearing as my mother and a 13 year old me walk out front from the backyard birthday party. From the other side, I watch my mom put her hand over my eyes. Thank you, no one should ever have to see themself die. Give me yellow and I would paint you the world. I’m gonna follow my dreams. Let the present unfurl.

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from Cassandra's Cassette, released May 30, 2020

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