The Squirrel In My Wall

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I am the squirrel inside the wall, just over there

up high in the corner. You hear me late at night

when the quiet is deep.

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You hear me scraping, and moving,

as you fall asleep. You dream you’re falling,

and waking.

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She is the woman you lost because

you said almost when you should have said yes;

He is the man you could have become

had you not become less.

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I am the squirrel inside the wall, just over there

up high in the corner. You hear me late at night

when the quiet is deep.

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I am the squirrel inside the wall

and I am the reason you fall.