He Had Nothing Up His Sleeves

from Nosebleed by Jay William White

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you don't think that he ever looks at you
but maybe when you turn your back he does
palms flat on the hood of the Econoline van
watching gallons tick
waiting for a break
watching someone driving by
that's a beautiful face

a lot of your questions start with 'if'
you like to ask: do I embarrass you?
are you ashamed to be seen with me?
maybe these are questions that shouldn't be asked
maybe you shouldn't ask a question that isn't supposed to have an answer

...but what if you did?

I'm sleeping
you look the way you used to look
I'd recognize you anywhere
I read you like a newspaper
I just pick the parts I'm interested in
and for that I'm sorry

his palms flat on the hood of the Econoline van

his palms flat on the hood of the Econoline van

you wonder if he's watching you
so sneak a glance and see
he's watching someone else drive by
this whole time he had nothing up his sleeves

boys will hurt you, even the good ones

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from Nosebleed, released August 6, 2020

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The Judas Sprawl Boston, Massachusetts

The Judas Sprawl is the conceptual musical project of artist Jay William White.

Plumbing the depths of history by exploring how the spirits of the past haunt our present and future, each Judas Sprawl project constitutes a fully developed world and internal narrative, often fusing elements of science fiction, fantasy and horror.

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