I write with #fragments pretty frequently, so I was happy to see that as a skirmish prompt. I had a little something in my songwriting notebook from a writing exercise that keeps fragmenting when I try it — I get excited and write a lyric draft before I can finish the exercise.

#lyricsonly temporarily because everyone else is still asleep here.

Listen, the trampoline springs But you had suspicions of carnival swings That summer kept putting your hand in a stove One night there was drinking but nobody drove

You worry it like terriers It digs at you like spades Consider your chest, how it thumps away What does it say?

Take good dogs and tablecloths Make picnics on the lawn Kiss behind the ring toss Hold your breaths too long There’s something sweet and wrong Are you watching closely? Are your headphones on?

Run with your hope round the park Feel yourself chased by the day into dark Look for a somewhere to lay yourself down A someone who wants to be found

You flip it like a record It picks at you and frays Consider your chest, how it thumps away What does it say?

Take good dogs and tablecloths Make picnics on the lawn Kiss behind the ring toss Hold your breaths too long There’s something sweet and wrong Are you watching closely? Are your headphones on?

BRIDGE Just pause Just note the questions floating by Just fill your Nalgene up Just stay hydrated when you cry

Take good dogs and tablecloths Make picnics on the lawn Kiss behind the ring toss Hold your breaths too long There’s something sweet and wrong Are you watching closely? Are your headphones on?