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Forbidden Fruit

from Elliot Apple by Nicholas Chakinis

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after my 8th grade graduation
my grandpa firmly shook my hand
in a boy’s Brooks Brothers blazer
I guess I’m now a man

I’ve had perfectly prim posture
since a little boy in Sunday school
yes, I’m the son of Adam
and I’ve broken any of his rules

I get in all the pictures
I pull all my buddies close
our bodies are only skin and bones
but their soft hair and strong arms
no, no one can ever hear the beating of your hyper heart

I guess even then, I knew deep down, I wasn’t who I thought I was

we’re driving to a concert in Monterrey
passing unpaved streets where the niños play
I see statues of soldiers, blue-collar bars
graffitied walls, used 90’s cars

this mission trip has come to an end
back to school tomorrow, fly out at 10am
still gunshots every night, little money in the bank
what did we do, what difference did this make

I then look at my peers, I look in their eyes
packed in the back of this taxi, there’s nowhere to hide
we’re just bodies, we’re nothing but skin and bones

oh, but Jamie starts quoting Oscar Wilde and Thoreau
Michael’s nice and tight in his eclectic clothes
and Tyler’s got that sun dried hair and sun-kissed skin
there’s Patrick biting into a juicy peach
and Nancy looks so skinny she must never eat
it’s all forbidden fruit and it’s much too sweet

and then there’s me
I’m nothing to see
there’s me, I’m seemingly ordinary

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from Elliot Apple, released June 30, 2023

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Nicholas Chakinis San Diego, California

Making music that you might enjoy, find comfort in & be inspired by because I believe the music you listen to matters, you matter & we all matter.

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