If women held up the sky, then the other half was caving in
see one rainy evening Dad walked when I must’ve been about 14 -
and he’d never live under our roof again
so no matter how much sunshine our island had, it was never warm enough
plus we couldn’t pay the heating bills.
He left his computer though and me and hannah created fictional families
on The Sims, I bet you played the Sims too.
We always created with four. I think about that time now.
Quite a bit, as I come home from the classroom, with students in East London
and each one of them has a single mother keeping the lights on.
I wonder why is no one holding a candle to this shared darkness?
credits
from Jumpers For Goalposts,
released February 28, 2016
Produced by Christian Foley
Contains Samples of 'The Sims Soundtrack'
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