quarantunes

a playlist for these troubled times...

alone but not alone - great lake swimmers
killing time - the kite string tangle, eliott
hold your nerve - boy & bear
nowhere to go - hayden james, naations
safe to stay - towns
beliefs and prayers - middle kids
come on doom, let's party - emily wells
withstand - the murlocs
one less day (dying young) - rob thomas
strange days (1999) - health
an uncommon experience - buchanan
m.r.i. - xylo aria
can't drive - l d r u, mammals
we all die young - the decemberists
the perfect life does not exist - ball park music
freakin' out - safia
does this last - boo seeka
cool out - matthew e. white, natalie prass
blue monday - health
whiteout conditions - the new pornographers
does your city sleep like mine - jim lawrie
so tied up - cold war kids, bishop briggs
life goes on - e^st
line of fire - junip
so soldier - #1 dads, ainslie wills
long highway - the jezabels
three packs a day - courtney barnett (it's a song about ramen)
strange diseases - gang of youths
keep me alive - all we are
nothing touches me - british india
stand in line - banff
stages of fear - crepes
weight of the world - birds of tokyo
2020 - suuns
pripyat, pt. 2 - seth sentry
soon we won't exist - tiny little houses
when the world ends - ayla
collapse - vancouver sleep clinic
pulse check - day ravies
darwinism - holy holy
waiting room - fugazi
losing all sense - grizzly bear
crowded rooms - the end of the world
the times they are a-changin' - bob dylan
dancing on the edge of our graves - born ruffians
suddenly everything has changed - the flaming lips
running out of you - keep shelly in athens
buried plans - minor alps
apartment story - the national
before it gets better - earlimart
cages - emma louise
ceiling tiles - kaitlyn ni donovan
comfort me - sparklehorse
conversation 16 - the national
from a window - the clientele
get miles - gomez
get off of my cloud - the rolling stones
girlfriend in a coma - the smiths
he ain't heavy he's my brother - the hollies
hold the line - toto
how to see through fog - the drones
if this is a plan - the delgados
just stand back - low
living proof - infantree
marooned - pink floyd
my will is good - port o'brien
never die young - james taylor
reasonably fine - the cat empire
self preservation - am
soundtrack to the end - communist daughter
stop breaking down - the rolling stones
stormy weather - pixies
the sun always shines on tv - a-ha
the touch - stan bush
vice city rolling - dan kelly & the alpha males (it's about staying inside & playing video games)
wave of mutilation - pixies
what's the frequency, kenneth? - rem
when the levee breaks - led zeppelin
white rabbit - jefferson airplane
shelter from the storm - bob dylan
barely breathing - duncan sheik
better days - citizen king
burning down the house - talking heads
closing time - semisonic
(don't fear) the reaper - blue oyster cult
dr. feelgood - motley crue
every breath you take - the police
get up offa that thing - james brown
harder to breathe - maroon 5
(i just) died in your arms - cutting crew
i'm shakin' - rooney
i think i'm paranoid - garbage
it's the end of the world as we know it - rem
i wanna be sedated - ramones
i will survive - gloria gaynor

cancer
showed me
it's okay to

be angry

& feel angry
& give myself
time with anger

to work through it
or sit with it
or roll around in it pouting

until whatever next emotion
comes to meet me

on my feet

this ersatz calm

of an eve ended
too early to elide
my endeavors &
some easy sleep

so tits up it's time
to tangle with that
dread expanse of
demons between

this screen & my
dark ceiling or more

twixt today's untaxed
untested brain & a good
night's sleep again

assumption a
hebetate habit

& i wedge my words
in a wheech to fill
half-full mouths

too glaikit gibbous
to wager such waits
of my impatience

o new slew of snow
most unbeckoning blanket
thin, mean, & cold-toed