Not Every Garden Is Eden

from Not Every Garden Is Eden by Samantha Sklar

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On the rush hour train going west towards Canaan
It took me a minute to find my reflection
’Til I saw I’d grown into my own apprehension
Careworn against the immaculate morning

Two strangers discussed who’d take the window seat
He was reading about detective suicides in the police beat
And she was a child
Wearing a shirt saying “I am the hope, I am the dream”
And I was fresh off a night
Left me with runs in my tights
And desire thick like grenadine

I walked down cobblestone
Stoking the flames of recollection
Against the backs of leather jackets
Oh I surrendered to each suggestion of you
You said you’re still learning discipline
Will you teach me once you do?

Cologne ads on billboards
Lines wrapped around trendy stores
Art replications posted on gallery doors
Shopping bags and tourist traps
String-light snow flakes on streetlamps
Oh Canaan
Lust laden garden
You know I’d like to think so
Not every garden is Eden

There’s a bookstore round the corner
I once wandered to in the summer
When I was still garnering my freedom
When I was still too young a lover
Since then I’ve offered of myself
More than I was ready to give away
I let on too much
More than I’d like to display

I’ve fallen for Jazzmen
With smooth guitars and old souls
And I fell for a couple of those
Silver tongued intellectuals
Deep in reverie
I found a false sense of intimacy
Promiscuity, loving nobody
I thought that would be release

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from Not Every Garden Is Eden, released June 15, 2020
Written, Recorded, and Produced by Samantha Sklar

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