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Some nights after I wake,

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because I think it's
time to head out to work,

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I get scared while
palming water on my face.

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Alone in the dark.

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Careful not to wake Helen.

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Because every so often,

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the pipes make this sound

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like a machine,
riling itself up.

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Thick sputter, then
a hollow thwack

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like a man is hitting our
pipes with his wrench.

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I go to work.

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And all day that
sound's jammed there.

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All day like my mind
is some conveyor belt

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with a bone lodged
between the gears.

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This weekend, when Helen's gone,

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I will just once
try my truest hand

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as that man that in the
quiet I've always feared.

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I will strike our
pipes with my wrench.