Minimal Friends (Nox)

from Whole > Sum Parts by AllOne

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Squaring the ambiverted contradictions of flourishing in an open social circle with a defensive anxiety that warily wishes to square off or cut corners and cut and run.

Read the article about writing this song and my friendship with NOX here:
allonenetwork.blogspot.com/2019/01/minimal-friends-with-nox-two-thousand.html

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"I write when defensive like squid ink cloaking,
No joking, I think an Armadillo's my Patronus
I'm a lone wolf in black sheep's clothing,
tripping on misfortunes, caught in fear and loathing,
white knuckled handshakes, hands shake balled in pockets
Scratch my baldin' noggin sink social cues in corner pockets
That's my cue: Nauseous awkward sweatin'
Hedgin' my bettin' my spirit animal is Sonic I'm guessin'
Roll up to the spot, Blue and in a ball too protective
God I'm pathetic, codependent code of ethics
costly expenses so invested so indebted
sewn enmeshment owed to friendships
calm and collected to an uncommon collective
odd and depressive neurotic eccentrics,
heart is a heaven, art is our best friend,
lost in a head-trip like a Topiary labyrinth
nip the wallflower in the bud, faux gregarious
social wariness aware of this paradox:
nervous jabber jaw fact is I'd rather not talk,
clamming up shocked trapped on the spot and exposed
"the tacit folks you have to watch" the maxim posed,
no matter how it goes you're on the "radar" that's a palindrome
Z-lister, reach inwards deep thinker off in fantasies
Reads into each whisper. Peace fingers (my apologies,)
at arms' length I keep kin with Reed Richards expanded reach
My minimal friend policy: they're family and they're quality.

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from Whole > Sum Parts, released March 26, 2019
Lyrics written and Performed by
Bruce "AllOne" Pandolfo and Nox where audibly apparent.

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Left-field rapper, slam poet, singer/songwriter, and author Bruce Pandolfo from Long Island.
Creating to connect. Obsessively exploring and creating art as healing and growing.

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