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words by Brandon Follett
music by Veronica and the Mental Foreplays

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Every time Mom said she loved me

I’d get a big hug and a kiss on the cheek.

Mom’s gone now.

Dad says, she’s in heaven

where all good people go.

Dad says, Jesus is love.

Jesus doesn’t give me a hug or a kiss on the cheek.

I don’t think he loves me.

I miss her a lot.

Some times Dad and I watch home movies.

Mom laughs, smiles, dances, and makes faces.

Dad calls her a goof ball.

I wish she would hold me.
____________
20 years later

the numbness of loneliness

replaces what should be pleasant bedtime dreams.

I sit in a lawn chair

along Fairview Ave.

in front of an Airstream.

The occasional car
drives an empty street.

The combustion engine

provides nothing.

If I could 
I’d refall in love

with the one woman

who never broke my heart.       

Mom’s smile wipes away the remnants of a bitter day like a warm coffee.

Her embrace comforts like those vulnerable moments
after sex when a new lover takes you in their arms.
Mother’s melodic voice sounds gentle

like waves that lap a Northern California coast line.
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When I cry Dad reminds me

Mom still loves me.

She’s just in heaven.

If God answers our prayers

I wish I’d never been hugged

so Mom could still love me

in the quite pictures,

and captured video moments.

credits

from Mechanistic Lover, track released August 11, 2011
Brandon Follett on vocals
Josh Kindelberger on bass
Isaac Bonn on drums
Allyson Wuenschel on viola

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Veronica and the Mental Foreplays Cambria, California

Neither "Veronica" nor Brandon Follett can break the rules, because there simply aren't any that apply. They are innocent.

Veronica and the Mental Foreplays, IS her imaginer Brandon Follett. It's as straightforward as a one to four person band, named after a blowup doll called Veronica.
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