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The Changeling (Reggie Smith)

from Fairy Tales for Homeless Faeries by Paul Shapera

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A bit strung out he floats the streets
travails by trading tricks for treats
scoffs at futures and at pasts
and paints the night long as luck lasts

His parents told him long ago
"We had a baby boy you know
one night the fairies came and boom
replaced our son and gave us you"
They tried to put one through
but yeah we knew

When very young a friend had he
a fairy only he could see
together all the time they'd play
and she's still with him to this day
The only friend who ever really stayed
not went away

At 12 he left, went to the streets
for reasons why we'd best not speak
The fairy, she went with him too
they forge their way the city through
What else did you expect them both to choose
They make do

Alas as adolesence raged
his fairy friend began to fade
she's still there, it's just his eyes
with age they cannot see her kind
Alone in pale, grey cities of the blind
he's now confined

But there's a drug, a rusty sand
it's all the rage, he takes it and
when he's high again he sees
his fairy friend he can perceive
Together is just how they're meant to be
It's all he needs

So a bit strung out he floats the streets
his teenage years taste nice and sweet
to certain married men with cash
He paints the night long as luck lasts

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from Fairy Tales for Homeless Faeries, released October 15, 2013

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Paul Shapera Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cama’s attempt to commune with higher beings failed; she only found Decadent Dottie. Together they roamed, indulging in dangerous forms of psycho-neural self-exploration which Cama hoped would present the key to her people’s further evolution. It only led to her destroying her people so that one of their pets could evolve. She sat in her former civilization's rubble and listened to Paul Shapera. ... more

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