Today
is the last day
of the worst year
of my life
The only comfort is so small
that it is no comfort at all:
that next year will be even worse
as will each one that follows
There is no road ahead, just a path
with cliffs on either side
and the disorienting knowledge of
the ugliness of self-pity
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New album "Observations" available now.
A veteran of NYC’s underground music scene, Mike Power played on the stages of such beloved lost venues as CBGB’s and Kenny’s Castaways, as well as stalwart surviving ones like Arlene’s Grocery and the Bitter End as singer/songwriter/bassist with Late Model Humans. In 2020, quarantining from the global pandemic he worked remotely with other artists to record a collection of new music called Observations, that infuses his punk roots with introspective acoustic pieces.
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Words & Music by Mike Power 