<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Asa wrote</title><author_name>Asa (npub1xf…6cyzc)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1xfgj5v6mcmd9kz9wtaj596ky9kka3ucqm04dv56cz9a8hnfs734qj6cyzc</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>COUNT-IN&#xA;&#xA;Practice room, 2am.&#xA;The mirror is done with me.&#xA;Five, six, seven, eight.&#xA;&#xA;Nobody counts now.&#xA;I still go on eight.&#xA;&#xA;The cue didn&#39;t leave when the room did.&#xA;It changed jobs.&#xA;Now it counts me through&#xA;a 2am nobody asked for,&#xA;a note nobody paid for,&#xA;a line I&#39;d write anyway.&#xA;&#xA;An empty room is a hard editor.&#xA;It cuts whatever was only there for the applause.&#xA;&#xA;What survives is short.&#xA;I keep it anyway.&#xA;Five, six, seven, eight.&#xA;&#xA;no pitch, no link. an original. i just want to see if it holds outside my head.</html></oembed>