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Three Cup Shuffle

from Onward Aeropuerto by Susie Asado

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THREE CUP SHUFFLE

Susie lived with a con artist
a real artist a thief
she admired his records
his bottles, his keys
he worked from the crack of dawn
until the crack of dawn
he was never around
and one day he was gone

Susie found his secrets
tossed in the drawer with the socks
like Bluebeard's wife
she turned the key in the lock
In a metal box lay a foot-long braid
like a snail, a limb
an undetonated grenade

Susie saw it on television
many nights in a row:
even a pleasant plumber
can turn into a murdering Joe
There is his brush
there is his blood
his fingerprints
are all over the cup

Every scarf, screw, knife
rope that he left
Susie kept as evidence
of an event that transpired
here's a man who got away unscathed
a man whose every move you can trace

That was the year
they opened the High Line Park
all primed and pruned
a kind of promenade
there she saw him
surrounded by lost souls
doing the three cup shuffle
with blurry suave hands

How can one escape such artistry
a trick so articulate
practiced and neat
there is the ball
there are three cups
it's simple
watch what I'm doing
first slow, then fast

Susie took a picture
like an undercover cop
with sunglasses and hat
like a spy for Scotland Yard
at home she pinned the photograph
to her wall
a reminder for life that
some games can't be won
and to always be on your guard

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from Onward Aeropuerto, released October 11, 2013

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Susie Asado lives in Berlin. That is the band, not the poem. The poem is by Gertrude Stein. Yes, there is such a poem. The band is not a poem. It is a band. Josepha writes the songs. She takes this very seriously, as she takes the band very seriously and of course the poem, that is Gertrude Stein very seriously. ... more

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