As It Is

from HOWL by Alex da Ponte

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Here our hearts fall, catch it in your mitt if you think you can. Take a swing then count up all the dreams that you think you’ve had. Write it down and throw it away, you know you’ll never need it. Then lie to yourself some more, you know that you need it.

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Shove it in your backpack, throw it in your car, read it while you drive. Saying that you understand, you know who you are, but I’m not sure that you do. Hold your arms out, look up and spin, you might as well then. Take it, just take it, take it as it is.


Peel back the skin and look inside a book you’ve not yet read. You’ve tried before, as well all have, and failed, as well all have. So tear the pages out, let the anger write it now and hold it up to the light. And lie to yourself some more, you know that you need it.

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from HOWL, released February 1, 2009

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Alex da Ponte Memphis, Tennessee

It’s no easy thing to pin down something as mercurial as a memory, as fleeting as a feeling, with nothing more than mere words. To distill a life down to its essence and capture it in song. But to singer/songwriter Alex da Ponte, such an act comes naturally. Alex da Ponte is a poet’s songwriter. ... more

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