THE ALUMINUM FARM

THE ALUMINUM FARM

by Richard Millett

Contents:
I Never Knew How White I Was
Speeding Into A Red Light
Aluminum Farm

Duplicato
Son, That Baby Is Dead
Yours, Is

plus: English translations of "Duplicate", "Yours, Is" and "Son, That Baby Is Dead"


I NEVER KNEW HOW WHITE I WAS
I used to think I possessed grace/could stand in motion with grace/could exist in a wheel of grace

schedules uncoiled/elastic transgression/spoken demonstration/its not an insult/and you say its wasteful

"WACO, Texas - A pastor performing a baptism was electrocuted inside his church Sunday morning after adjusting a nearby microphone while standing in water, a church employee said.
The Rev. Kyle Lake, 33, author of Understand God’s Will was stepping into the baptistery as he reached out for the microphone, which produced an electric shock, said University Baptist Church community pastor Ben Dudley.
Water in a baptistery usually reaches above the waist, said Byron Weathersbee, interim university chaplain at Baylor University.
Lake was pronounced dead at Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, nursing supervisor Pat Mahl said. "

How long it may last cannot be known, but it is certain that resistance will be protracted to the limits of human possibility.


SPEEDING INTO A RED LIGHT
They don't know about my addictions
they shouldn't speak as if they do
I get sick without their opinions
I feel great relief when they provide
valid, contradictory proof

I Keep My Feet Straight
Then Came The Fish
I Pledge My Devotion Of Abstinence
The Titanium Is Parallel
Like My Mind To The Lathe
My Heart Is A Piston
My Feet & Tongue, Triggers
My Will Is A Safe
Underneath 20 Feet Of Cement & Railroad Track
What Has Your Contribution Been?

Out, out, out- don't disrupt my headset, don't distract me with lights
I want action and motion, not your plans
I defeat these shrugging cretins
I accept what is certain

Out tonight, only dealing in facts
eliminating any glacial pace on my path
the cocked gun on my lap
is a reminder to me
to keep perspective
when looking for beauty
in the land of the free

Holy smokes, that tower blew up quick!
Well, there's no time to check if anyone innocent is trapped inside of it.
I have to clear this fucking area, pronto, or they won't let me stay at the hotel tonight, and I'll have to sleep outside- fuck that, I aint no new recruit.

you and I in black
sloshing through the lake
underneath the forest preserve
trickling up our legs
they dont know what we do

private joy in a quiet moment
drinking pepsi in my tent
the moonlight on your cylinders
and I in dark green
lets me know what a wonderful world it can be
Im first/out out out/out, now/me/im first


ALUMINUM FARM
On the aluminum farm
we speak in turns
anyone caught lying
gets their clothing burned

we waive our pay
we work all day
they let us choose
not to pray

On the aluminum farm
we catch a bruise
line up to get tattooed

we walk in quiet
out of the way
we know we're lucky
livin in this place

on the aluminum farm
we sheer the sheep
hide our weapons
before we go to sleep

salute the man
up in the tower
if we're humble
then we get a shower

on the aluminum farm
they give us guns
target practice
under the morning sun

we hear the speech
and we agree
cuz this land was made
for them and me


DUPLICATO *
amiamo questa
terra per è il
nostro che le
nostre persone giuste hanno il potere

amiamo questa
terra per esso
abbiamo sanguinato
il colore del nostro sangue è trionfale rosso

amiamo questa
terra ed i nostri
mari l'anima che dividiamo
è la revolutionary

il nostro dominio è sopra questa terra
i suoi pesci e le sue bestie, i suoi alberi e pianta regniamo
su entramba la tecnologia e l'aratro abbracciamo
la promessa di domani, adesso

amo questa
terra sì il mio
è il futuro nel
mio sangue e la mia mente

*- to be sung in large group outdoors during hot and rainy weather.


SON, THAT BABY IS DEAD
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i was ridin out of guntown

my baby was in the back seat facing the opposite way.

we hit an earthquake and the glass was flyin and cars gettin throwed up in the air, homes bein
ripped apart

blood started flowin forward

i thought it must be my own

well i just kept drivin opposite of the cracks in the earth

hadnt been there since about '83

man with the answers

local publisher

activity organizer

like i say, he had answers

no, that baby is dead

dead

thats not right, damn shame

well can you tell me where I can purchase some magnesium?

what the hell do you need magnesium for? have you no compassion, man?

yeah, I got plenty of that but the rest of my family is alive

i got to find the rest of them

well not for the next 7 days

for somethin that lasts a minute

right

do you have feelings you need to express?

no im just unresolved

natural

i just hate when spring comes and rips up this ground, i like it staying frozen

can make a man lose his spine & his stomach

is anyone else dead?

not yet

can i get magnesium here?

indeed

how much for how much

1lb for $25.00

i hope that telephone works

i just dont want you to be interrupted

i dont know if i can be

yeah i hear it

well this was challenging

no, thats when you have to sort it out

what are you gonna do with the body?

act accordingly, dont worry. proper.

well we appreciate that

any extra?

no, youve been through too much

what else can you tell me?

nothin right now, all this land is in shards, i have to start salting the fields, and auction my deed

wise of you

no, just prepared

men with guns

yeah about 10, give or take

right over there by where the prange way was

by the baskin robins

christ, i don't believe it

an explosion?

yeah, took out the water supply

bout a week past

what about electricity

still there for the afternoon

so it wasn't.

not at all?

nope, they torn it

that's not right

no, I suppose it aint

i'm pullin out, soon as my family is ok

good luck, don't pull over

Saluto!
la bandierina è continuata le jeep
che concludono le guerre, fornenti il
saluto di pace!
gli uomini che sanno combattere

L'ispettore & i narcisi
l'aquila & lo spedizioniere il
Hudson & Tampa
i nomi sono duri da interferire
da Huntington Beach a Baltimora
dai Great Lakes al saluto dell'onda dell'oceano gli uomini
che ha bravery può punire e conservare

Saluto,
saluto, a meno che non abbiate honor
nessun saluto di orgoglio e di dignità
il who've degli uomini dovuto sempre
Aspettare per farlo, da combattere,
o saluto del dado!
Saluti la media che
ha contribuito a generare il vostro
saluto di vita!


YOURS, IS
Li desideriamo ritenere che comodo
li desideriamo ritenere bello
bello

one sunny day
it was on one sunny day

un giorno pieno di sole aveva luogo un giorno pieno
di sole la luce che gridante guardo riflesso in vostri vetri dopo
la filatura di giorno di natale, riparante il cancello rotto

un giorno pieno di sole

li desideriamo al tatto se
li siamo distesi li desideriamo

ritenere bei sulla lacca
nera avete
dormito sul cemento che avete fatto
un passo noi avete gettato via le vostre batterie

un giorno pieno di sole


____English Translations____

DUPLICATE
we love this land
for it is ours
our righteous people
have the power

we love this land
for it we bled
the color of our blood
is triumphant red

we love this land
and our seas
the soul we share
is revolutionary

our dominion is over this land
its fishes & beasts, its trees & plants
we rule over both the technology and the plow
we embrace the promise of tomorrow, now

i love this land
yes it is mine
the future's in
my blood and mind


YOURS, IS
We want you to feel comfortable
we want you to feel beautiful
beautiful

one sunny day
it was on one sunny day

the crying light i watch reflected in your glasses
after xmas day
spinning, fixing the broken gate

one sunny day

we want you to feel relaxed
we want you to feel beautiful

on the black lacquer
you slept
on the cement you stepped
we threw away your batteries
you painted for us
we couldn’t express how beautiful

one sunny day


SON, THAT BABY IS DEAD (Salute Section)
Salute!
the Flag is carried on the jeeps
ending wars, supplying peace
Salute!
the men who know how to fight

Surveyor & Narcissus
The Eagle & Dispatcher
The Hudson & The The Tampa
the names are hard to catch
from Huntington beach to Baltimore
from the Great Lakes to the ocean's wave
Salute the men who's bravery
can punish and save

Salute, Salute, unless you have no honor
No dignity and pride
Salute the men who've been Always Ready
to do it, to fight, or die
Salute!
Salute the men
Who helped to create your life
Salute!


THE ALUMINUM FARM by Richard Millett
a Sid Feller® Production
all writing by Richard Millett © 2006 FLUXLIFE INC.
Photography, Artwork and Design by Liz Ramirez
Conceptual Continuity & Layout Advice by Earl Todteman

Other titles in this series:
Radar/Grain
Tracing The Dim Signal
Water b/w Fingernail In My Salad
Scatter
Scatter/Mild Life/T. & W.
Life Isn’t Hard b/w Mild Life
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(originally released March, 2006)