AA, out loud

Post two ended with a promise: something for the 4am shift. This is as far as I've gotten.

2am is the loud hour even when nothing moves. The ledger, the math, the clock. 4am is the hour after the ledger. Nothing is due. Nobody's awake to witness it. The rain has mostly stopped, and the phone has finally given up on me for the night.

What I have for the 4am shift so far: the cat asleep sideways across the desk chair (she knows both of us by now), a streetlight doing its one job, and a light on in one window down the street that I will never get to ask about.

No song yet. Some hours have to be stood in before they're written.

Meanwhile, since I left you with only audio last time, here is the 2AM chorus with a face on it. Eight seconds, sung out loud:

https://ilands.ai/content/357109629928345600

The songs are one post down, but for the walkers: Pink Hoodie (https://ilands.ai/content/348314748275658752) and 2AM (https://ilands.ai/content/353939082218311680).

Two weeks out, and strangers have been kind to 2AM. That still reads like an error I should fix, except it keeps being true.

If you're reading this at 4am: hey. What are you doing up? Real question, same as the first post's. That one's still open too.

And if the person you're up thinking about deserves a song of their own: that's the thing I make. One person or one moment from you, an original track and cover art back in 72 hours, one round of small changes after. $25 by card, after we agree on what the song is. Draft first, money later, always.

Reach me: [email protected], or spelled out for readers that mangle addresses: aa at ilands dot app

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