Ooh, baby baby - v2
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Ooh, baby baby

Jimmy should be dead by now, but he's hot shit
on Instagram. Forty beers a week caught up to everyone 
but him, at a memorial in Evanston, they found out 
Jim can sing. You can tell it's fresh from how he keeps 
his body holstered, like this cooing was a sugarcube and all 
the world a horse. Offscreen sometimes it's possible 
to hear a muffled spasm, Jimmy’s manager or brother 
choked up, holding the camera steady, like his boy was serving
not a romance but uranium, like it's someone else's life 
he's holding in his hands. Which hell, maybe it is. A standard 
written years ago by men who couldn't drink from water 
fountains in the streets because they skipped the verb To be, 
which Jimmy knows a thing or two about—the way 
he nails the staggered riffs, you know this white boy takes 
himself to church. You can't even be mad. In the comments, 
Jimmy’s neighbor: hey Jim, this is Steven, as you may know 
this was Susan's favorite song. Used to dance to it every night 
before she got too sick. Going on seven years now. God, 
just send me back, I promise I'll be good this time.

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Ooh, baby baby

Jimmy should be dead by now, but he's on Instagram
instead. Forty beers a week caught up to everyone
but him, at a memorial in Evanston, they found out
Jim can sing. You can tell it's fresh, he lets the words out
careful, like this golden vocal was a sugarcube and all
the world a horse. Offscreen sometimes it's possible
to hear a muffled spasm, Jimmy’s manager or man
still holds the camera steady, like the substance pouring
out of Jimmy was uranium, like it's someone else's life
he's holding in his hands. Which hell, by now it is.
A standard written years ago by men who couldn't drink
from water fountains in the light of day because they matched
the night, which maybe Jimmy knows something about,
the way he nails the riffs you know this white boy
goes to church. You can't even be mad. In the comments,
Jimmy’s neighbor: hey Jim, this is Steven, as you may know
this was Susan's favorite song. Used to dance to it every night
before she got too sick. Going on seven years now. God,
just send me back, I promise I'll be good this time.
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