PHILADELPHIA
I was in Philadelphia waiting for the maid
I glanced out the window
down at kids younger than me
looking like I did at 16
comparing biographies
completing each others fragments
exchanging glasses
freezing enzymes on magnets
I stopped by the swimming pool and
flicked a few crumbs out the water
the convention got post-poned into a parade
the police mis-placed the exit
and were unsympathetic
to the problems they had failed to protect
Like a dinosaur shell
had fallen and cracked the liberty bell
whose continued drone
quit cell phones and traffic
and didn’t cease until a line
was cut to the Bryn Mawr bricks
which had gone unrestored since 1936
And Carrie, you saw the same kids I did
you knew it had come to this
Carrie, hold out yr hand
I want to re-print the promises
cuz what was necessary became arbitrary
I was watching a movie
with a chapter of valleys separating the tombs
and paintings that could be pointed to
and the assertion to dance
cuz that’s when “they” cant aim at you
And you’d been waiting since 1934
sleeping at hepburn’s door
while I wanted to be related to Bette Davis
Carrie, hold out yr hand
cuz I don’t want entertainment
I want some dark victory to grace us
Those kids were rendered wet
and recruited with the tourettes
of decade old prints that ground every context
dull till there was no place left
to speak your peace with
anything else than facts
Carrie, hold out yr hand
cuz the distractions arent safe
hold out yr hand
your stage is my private place
ANIMALS
You soak the carpet in linco
scratching the hair off your arms
You kicked out the stranger,
ridiculed the superstitions he held onto
You lie restless
staying clean, wiping sweat
And I think about this quite a lot
pressing the grooves of my fingerprints
into my forehead
sending an idea that reminds us both
hell
there was another plan
in crumbles of sugar
i saw wild motion
i hunched myself towards it
i looked at it happening
it felt like a parade
elephants awake and gallant
i had been so nerve stacked
the loops of my heart strings
matched my eyelashes
i wore a royal blue jacket
with gold sleeves
there was a swirl that came from the trumpets
a triumphant chaos of repeating
there were banners hung from the tusks
my fingers had gone purple
from clutching the baskets next to me
American Gothic didn't have this many thorns
or any sepia tones to run on
i was welcomed in the house
i ate the cracker offered
the speech heated steadily
i found a pit of flower seeds
the displays had chanting
and chips of bone and silver
a collection for the prison
and dried hides of hunters
there wasn't an explosion
but then the ground bled
i swam through the cracks
all the plants had red stems
i want to be new
roll on straw
get my ribs bit by a tiger
I have memories about you, that cackle
i can see you bumming a cigarette from yr grandkids
with a sizzled mouth and string hair
when you're younger
you were spring in yr superhero underwear
but you couldnt be my life
we never paid rent to each other
and theres so many people
who dont know where to go to battle
i can climb
to the top of the bungalow
and jump off the 2nd level
kick my legs on the way down
wave to Mark Monday
and get strawberry italian ice after
i can climb
into a nova
yellow light shot onto wanda
and when my foot goes through the floorboard
i'll flag down a passerby
pay for a ride on the thresher
Wolves that land
can burst into fire
deer protect themselves
and bears break into grain silos
rabbits are the rats of the desert
and crawl to eat mice on the plains
When the evening is still and quiet
and the candles are glowing violet
the sultry air makes you
drop your cares, your doubts and your frowns
You descend the stairs and head into town
Walk through the leafy glade
float on the ground beneath you!
walk all night with your gaze
fixed on your lover's face
Sing a song of love
that you learned from above
dream of her caress, the nape of her neck
and know that you'll never part
When the evening is still and dark
light remains in your heart, you feel so free
smashing ennui, you could be
skipping stones, all alone and not mind
Walk through the leafy glade
float on the ground beneath you
picture her delicate face
and ring the bell at her gate
Sing her a song of love
feel your joy soar like a dove
and when you're at home, reading her poems
you know that you
have found someone who
can make all your dreams come true
WATER
water/water
water/water
water/water
water/water
water
water
water
I’d love to lie by the sea and feel motion evaporate
then solidify into a form we see in flux
or be on course to be boundless, and sing of the inspiration
aiming a voice at the sky, never again id read a tattered sign
my body no longer closed in the folds of dirt and clay, but windblown and
awake seeing droplets and rivers become oceans and lakes
the salt darting through the air, ends my hunger
it cleans the shore and creates the permanent structures
as the molecules become lighter and smaller
Dance in the water
woman and man
Thou shalt have a boat,
Thou shalt save a fish,
Thou shalt be steering
When the boat comes in;
Thou shalt have a vision up in the crow's nest
Dance in the water
I was in Philadelphia waiting for the maid
I glanced out the window
down at kids younger than me
looking like I did at 16
comparing biographies
completing each others fragments
exchanging glasses
freezing enzymes on magnets
I stopped by the swimming pool and
flicked a few crumbs out the water
the convention got post-poned into a parade
the police mis-placed the exit
and were unsympathetic
to the problems they had failed to protect
Like a dinosaur shell
had fallen and cracked the liberty bell
whose continued drone
quit cell phones and traffic
and didn’t cease until a line
was cut to the Bryn Mawr bricks
which had gone unrestored since 1936
And Carrie, you saw the same kids I did
you knew it had come to this
Carrie, hold out yr hand
I want to re-print the promises
cuz what was necessary became arbitrary
I was watching a movie
with a chapter of valleys separating the tombs
and paintings that could be pointed to
and the assertion to dance
cuz that’s when “they” cant aim at you
And you’d been waiting since 1934
sleeping at hepburn’s door
while I wanted to be related to Bette Davis
Carrie, hold out yr hand
cuz I don’t want entertainment
I want some dark victory to grace us
Those kids were rendered wet
and recruited with the tourettes
of decade old prints that ground every context
dull till there was no place left
to speak your peace with
anything else than facts
Carrie, hold out yr hand
cuz the distractions arent safe
hold out yr hand
your stage is my private place
ANIMALS
You soak the carpet in linco
scratching the hair off your arms
You kicked out the stranger,
ridiculed the superstitions he held onto
You lie restless
staying clean, wiping sweat
And I think about this quite a lot
pressing the grooves of my fingerprints
into my forehead
sending an idea that reminds us both
hell
there was another plan
in crumbles of sugar
i saw wild motion
i hunched myself towards it
i looked at it happening
it felt like a parade
elephants awake and gallant
i had been so nerve stacked
the loops of my heart strings
matched my eyelashes
i wore a royal blue jacket
with gold sleeves
there was a swirl that came from the trumpets
a triumphant chaos of repeating
there were banners hung from the tusks
my fingers had gone purple
from clutching the baskets next to me
American Gothic didn't have this many thorns
or any sepia tones to run on
i was welcomed in the house
i ate the cracker offered
the speech heated steadily
i found a pit of flower seeds
the displays had chanting
and chips of bone and silver
a collection for the prison
and dried hides of hunters
there wasn't an explosion
but then the ground bled
i swam through the cracks
all the plants had red stems
i want to be new
roll on straw
get my ribs bit by a tiger
I have memories about you, that cackle
i can see you bumming a cigarette from yr grandkids
with a sizzled mouth and string hair
when you're younger
you were spring in yr superhero underwear
but you couldnt be my life
we never paid rent to each other
and theres so many people
who dont know where to go to battle
i can climb
to the top of the bungalow
and jump off the 2nd level
kick my legs on the way down
wave to Mark Monday
and get strawberry italian ice after
i can climb
into a nova
yellow light shot onto wanda
and when my foot goes through the floorboard
i'll flag down a passerby
pay for a ride on the thresher
Wolves that land
can burst into fire
deer protect themselves
and bears break into grain silos
rabbits are the rats of the desert
and crawl to eat mice on the plains
When the evening is still and quiet
and the candles are glowing violet
the sultry air makes you
drop your cares, your doubts and your frowns
You descend the stairs and head into town
Walk through the leafy glade
float on the ground beneath you!
walk all night with your gaze
fixed on your lover's face
Sing a song of love
that you learned from above
dream of her caress, the nape of her neck
and know that you'll never part
When the evening is still and dark
light remains in your heart, you feel so free
smashing ennui, you could be
skipping stones, all alone and not mind
Walk through the leafy glade
float on the ground beneath you
picture her delicate face
and ring the bell at her gate
Sing her a song of love
feel your joy soar like a dove
and when you're at home, reading her poems
you know that you
have found someone who
can make all your dreams come true
WATER
water/water
water/water
water/water
water/water
water
water
water
I’d love to lie by the sea and feel motion evaporate
then solidify into a form we see in flux
or be on course to be boundless, and sing of the inspiration
aiming a voice at the sky, never again id read a tattered sign
my body no longer closed in the folds of dirt and clay, but windblown and
awake seeing droplets and rivers become oceans and lakes
the salt darting through the air, ends my hunger
it cleans the shore and creates the permanent structures
as the molecules become lighter and smaller
Dance in the water
woman and man
Thou shalt have a boat,
Thou shalt save a fish,
Thou shalt be steering
When the boat comes in;
Thou shalt have a vision up in the crow's nest
Dance in the water
woman and man
Dance in the water
dance for the birds
dance for the wind
dance for everyone on land
thou shalt see the king
before the revolt
thou shalt find a partner
one to love and to hold
man will be woman
and woman will be man
Dance in the water
to the perch and to the sand
I once lived on Salisbury Plain
we'd come from Ireland
and only ate grain
we changed their battle hymns
and substituted our names
we sang boldly
"We shall rule the waves never, never, never shall we be slaves"
We sailed to the pacific
fighting equinoctial gales
we felt liberated by the sight
of sharks, storms and whales
we gathered strength and survived
the death of captain McCaughey
for we would have been despised
by his ghost if we stopped facing the sea
Now we're outward bound toward The Gulf
to the Indies and back around
We'll gather gifts wherever we dock
and when we're headed homeward
I'll bring silver galore,
and a Persian cat and a camel fur
And you won't wear those cast-offs no more
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is rolling
It's a tough life
We merchants undergo
And we don't give a damn how hard the winds blow
The sailors give us a bad name
they let us to fall through the weary waves,
they throw a hatchet in the floor of their boat
and if it doesn’t sink you'll hear them gloat
but if we roar out of order
never again would we see the sea
no more, no more, no more
We sail with a northerly gale
to our island home in the county of Cork
Our mainmast sprung, our pitching done,
fire in our stomachs, salt water in our lungs
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is rolling
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is sailing
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is rolling
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is sailing
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is rolling
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is sailing
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is rolling
ocean/ocean
ocean/ocean
ocean/ocean
ocean/ocean
ocean
ocean
ocean
endless ocean, endless ocean
I moved where I could be you
away from things I can't see through
I threw away my socks and shoes
to be waiting at your shore
endless ocean, endless ocean
my blood has departed
I stopped the things I'd started
my organs are unguarded
I see your waves get parted
by the tide and its rippling mood swings
endless ocean, endless ocean
you sing, you sing
so perfectly
I am in love
inside the cotton of your warmth
endless ocean
I'm calm and now I'm here
your reflection is so clear
the sky is just a mirror
an imitation of you
endless ocean, endless ocean
I don't need to talk
I found what I have sought
into you I will walk
endless ocean, endless ocean
MY FEELINGS ARE STARTING TO MERGE
Watching everything spreading together
moving out further & further
I’m stuttering like a muscle
I sweep & call past the buildings
dousing the ground in water
twisting through stillness & exhaustion
My weight is falling off
the vents in my chest are flooded
My feelings are starting to merge
where the lawn hits the glacier
before I go
I don’t understand
why the vampire
stood in a brush fire
instead of sucking oxygen
from the scarecrow’s finger
like Tuesday had stopped the
reverberating door reminded me
of a woman that I saw
her features replicating the dictionary
The room dripped lemon juice, the
furniture decades old
the orange light made Baxter’s biography
easier to read, he’d left a copy
w/ a note in German, his strewn equipment
played me at several speeds
I finished reading
and I spoke too loud for the speaker
to receive the sound
the signal, it crackled into the pores
of the shelves and back porch floor boards
Baxter’s beard was in the sink
his acquaintance slept annoyed in the aisle
I felt like Id gotten married
so I went through your sewing supplies
to see if Id left anything behind
But--- Theresa isnt here to think it through for me
you played me a private song
and the choruses rolled along until it started raining
I wondered where the teeth were that I
kept on a flower plate when Theresa held court on the roof
The late letter looks through a glass door
where the gypsies take over
and starve for onions
and Theresa explains her ideas
This is the brightest 7 o’clock
Ive ever seen
the sun won’t leave the buck moon
The Buck Moon will appear though
mercury trails connected to its craters
the soil touched by the light becomes
mortar and aluminum
which I’ll spoon up and leave in a medicine jar
alongside the liniment & syrup
Baxter leaves, takes his clothes off the wire
while he soaks to calm his superstitions
The Buck Moon hardly recognizes
the branches grown over & draping
themselves over the books shelves
the Unicycle was a gift
which I apparently hid under the plantation
so no archaeologists would ever steal it
You’ve got a stethoscope in yr hands
and yr forgetting how to talk
I feel yr hand on my head again
and see the creases in your age
I fall asleep after the international news
it appears I’m being kept open here
MILD LIFE
the hunter digs his way under the foliage,
he feels the knife securely tied to his thigh,
feels the wind against his camouflage
he is patient, he is rhythm, pieces of the sky land in his traps
he melts them down and drinks them for dinner
the hunter crawls to his plywood shack and
saves his venison for later
the next day he heads underwater at sunrise to catch
Dance in the water
dance for the birds
dance for the wind
dance for everyone on land
thou shalt see the king
before the revolt
thou shalt find a partner
one to love and to hold
man will be woman
and woman will be man
Dance in the water
to the perch and to the sand
I once lived on Salisbury Plain
we'd come from Ireland
and only ate grain
we changed their battle hymns
and substituted our names
we sang boldly
"We shall rule the waves never, never, never shall we be slaves"
We sailed to the pacific
fighting equinoctial gales
we felt liberated by the sight
of sharks, storms and whales
we gathered strength and survived
the death of captain McCaughey
for we would have been despised
by his ghost if we stopped facing the sea
Now we're outward bound toward The Gulf
to the Indies and back around
We'll gather gifts wherever we dock
and when we're headed homeward
I'll bring silver galore,
and a Persian cat and a camel fur
And you won't wear those cast-offs no more
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is rolling
It's a tough life
We merchants undergo
And we don't give a damn how hard the winds blow
The sailors give us a bad name
they let us to fall through the weary waves,
they throw a hatchet in the floor of their boat
and if it doesn’t sink you'll hear them gloat
but if we roar out of order
never again would we see the sea
no more, no more, no more
We sail with a northerly gale
to our island home in the county of Cork
Our mainmast sprung, our pitching done,
fire in our stomachs, salt water in our lungs
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is rolling
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is sailing
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is rolling
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is sailing
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is rolling
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is sailing
Now, haul away the bowline
The ship is rolling
ocean/ocean
ocean/ocean
ocean/ocean
ocean/ocean
ocean
ocean
ocean
endless ocean, endless ocean
I moved where I could be you
away from things I can't see through
I threw away my socks and shoes
to be waiting at your shore
endless ocean, endless ocean
my blood has departed
I stopped the things I'd started
my organs are unguarded
I see your waves get parted
by the tide and its rippling mood swings
endless ocean, endless ocean
you sing, you sing
so perfectly
I am in love
inside the cotton of your warmth
endless ocean
I'm calm and now I'm here
your reflection is so clear
the sky is just a mirror
an imitation of you
endless ocean, endless ocean
I don't need to talk
I found what I have sought
into you I will walk
endless ocean, endless ocean
MY FEELINGS ARE STARTING TO MERGE
Watching everything spreading together
moving out further & further
I’m stuttering like a muscle
I sweep & call past the buildings
dousing the ground in water
twisting through stillness & exhaustion
My weight is falling off
the vents in my chest are flooded
My feelings are starting to merge
where the lawn hits the glacier
before I go
I don’t understand
why the vampire
stood in a brush fire
instead of sucking oxygen
from the scarecrow’s finger
like Tuesday had stopped the
reverberating door reminded me
of a woman that I saw
her features replicating the dictionary
The room dripped lemon juice, the
furniture decades old
the orange light made Baxter’s biography
easier to read, he’d left a copy
w/ a note in German, his strewn equipment
played me at several speeds
I finished reading
and I spoke too loud for the speaker
to receive the sound
the signal, it crackled into the pores
of the shelves and back porch floor boards
Baxter’s beard was in the sink
his acquaintance slept annoyed in the aisle
I felt like Id gotten married
so I went through your sewing supplies
to see if Id left anything behind
But--- Theresa isnt here to think it through for me
you played me a private song
and the choruses rolled along until it started raining
I wondered where the teeth were that I
kept on a flower plate when Theresa held court on the roof
The late letter looks through a glass door
where the gypsies take over
and starve for onions
and Theresa explains her ideas
This is the brightest 7 o’clock
Ive ever seen
the sun won’t leave the buck moon
The Buck Moon will appear though
mercury trails connected to its craters
the soil touched by the light becomes
mortar and aluminum
which I’ll spoon up and leave in a medicine jar
alongside the liniment & syrup
Baxter leaves, takes his clothes off the wire
while he soaks to calm his superstitions
The Buck Moon hardly recognizes
the branches grown over & draping
themselves over the books shelves
the Unicycle was a gift
which I apparently hid under the plantation
so no archaeologists would ever steal it
You’ve got a stethoscope in yr hands
and yr forgetting how to talk
I feel yr hand on my head again
and see the creases in your age
I fall asleep after the international news
it appears I’m being kept open here
MILD LIFE
the hunter digs his way under the foliage,
he feels the knife securely tied to his thigh,
feels the wind against his camouflage
he is patient, he is rhythm, pieces of the sky land in his traps
he melts them down and drinks them for dinner
the hunter crawls to his plywood shack and
saves his venison for later
the next day he heads underwater at sunrise to catch
fish with his hands
mostly though, he's interested in laying face down
hoping to catch a turkey or uproot a tree for his home
he re-assembles his shack into a rowboat
and leaves it for someone to take
he walks 4.5 miles and hops on the scheduled open backed bus
on his way home, he updates his archives, regarding
mostly though, he's interested in laying face down
hoping to catch a turkey or uproot a tree for his home
he re-assembles his shack into a rowboat
and leaves it for someone to take
he walks 4.5 miles and hops on the scheduled open backed bus
on his way home, he updates his archives, regarding
the game he captured
his copious notes include details far beyond that of
his copious notes include details far beyond that of
size shape and weight
however, the longest and most personally relevant entries
however, the longest and most personally relevant entries
are those where he
meticulously re-counts the manner in which
meticulously re-counts the manner in which
he triumphed over his environment
mark porter committed suicide on sunday
he had converted to islam to get married
he had lost his largest commission
his middle name was allen
Through the center of a branch
to the worm at the root
this paper dust was made for you, you being me
degrees falling making exhaust
more impressive than it seems
bark peeled down the tree
paintings dripping from their frame
teeth, a white yogurt on ash wednesday
call this stranger cuz the wheel is waiting for you
there's lice in the cabinet
chewing through to the roof
the dog barks at 6:10am
your shrieking wakes up 4
your persuasion has no outlet
your table and chairs are forgot
on the 16th
the roof is getting weaker
at the office, the copier
is out of toner until thursday
stay with me
stay with me
finger paintings line the attic
nonsensical shapes with
mis-spelled words
local men are firing blanks
while they leave for work
are they still speaking english?
they breathe very loud
glaciers are roaring
the flashpots in yr mind
no point is loaded
body hair grown
you become convinced
everyone wants you to win
THA-ZWI-I spent the day in a monotone mood watching commercials
watching anita bryant with four crew-cut men in 1965
in a cola-fueled christian clothes-on hitler youth orgy of the future
a future where only animals are nutritious
and crab grass causes cancer
underneath it ¼
underneath it, it is plain
underneath it, is reasonably explained
underneath it, it is yes and no
underneath it, it is wave and beat
underneath it is parted between elbow and shoulder as much time created
inside a shark
we gave him away to a fireman and we used to
wait on our stomachs
for our mother to come and father would get
quite annoyed it was when we had
even faces
the camp kept the blue dog that walked away
PEOPLE
I am a young man
closed off in this room
my name it doesn’t matter
Where I’m from, I can’t tell you
I always wanted to control my destiny
not share responsibility
so I could be free
They sent me off to college
so I could learn the law
I met a lot of people
each one with a different cause
I turned myself to physics and astronomy
to see if I could throw away
the seeds they had put in me
I drifted down to the South
and I saw it was vast
I memorized equations
on the eyeless ending sand
I knew that my superiors, they were very strong
they would put me up in space
and never steer me wrong
My expectations didn’t fly
they kept me on the ground
the paperwork was drafted
and I was shown around
they checked my past for arrests
my retinas were scanned
I hoped that there would come a day
when I could take command
They made me go and lock the doors
and cue the landing lights
it was a secret mission
in the middle of the night
the burners started blaring
I crawled inside my suit
knew I wouldn’t come back if they asked me to
I am a young man
closed off in this room
my name it doesn’t matter
Where I’m from, I can’t tell you
I always wanted to control my own destiny
wanted to go and vanish up in the slipstream
The emperor looked
at the head of the horse
lifted his hand
and picked out the brain
opened his mouth, and smeared the remains
he dressed his servants
as nymphs and pans
little boys in the nude
stayed in the pool
to bite on his body while he swam
his sister said
“if breath is a blade
then desire is the cage
claim your birthright
before you’re saved”
had his mother killed
made it a crime to laugh
attacked the statue
who’s clothes matched his own
his bleeding fists sunk into the gold
He memorized the
lives of the gods
Jezebel stole him a tunic
he began planning his burial
at night he debated with Jupiter
He saw Palatine Hill
the volcanoes were calm
before the christians burned
Diamond tipped shovels were used to pierce
the columns and arches
jewels and violins
The violins on Palatine Hill
played like birds colliding in the air
the torches flared
all the grain was set glowing
The senator’s body rolled back on the sheets
his speech a paused spasm
murmuring
“I’m nursing a viper”
The rest of the ward
willingly succumbed immediately
In the middle of the gymnasium
were booths with men
in bullet proof vests
distributing ballots and
voluntary vaccinations to
guard against contaminants
while in line you could
read pamphlets on the issues
or flip to photos of festering boils
it’s slippery and strange to walk alone
sealed lips will keep the borders closed
and no infestations will travel north
nothing to arrest security
just a cure to keep people
in the grasp of liberty
the medicine was made with
pearls dissolved in vinegar
the choice was made by pulling the lever
the searchlights were made for us by the protector
a thief entered
everyone was roused
the wife and kids looked to the head of the house
he opened his robe and threw a small bomb
later, standing over the intruder’s body
he thought through history
and spoke his favorite quote
“I want him to feel like he’s dying”
Free grain for everyone who asks
free grain for everyone who enters
wheat in exchange for marble
wheat for the state
she takes the leather
squirms in the saddle
the dust closes her eyes
I can see the red jacket from here
two girls climbed the stairs
very poised and aware
they’d been here before
the los angeles smog against their backs
two men arrived the next morning
to drop off a pair of glasses
and smear the window pane
the teenager can’t make a sale
so he packs up his stereo equipment
and his clock radio
exits past the telephone pole
when they were done
they sat in the kitchen
they carved up some watermelon
fed a slice to the couple’s dog
an hour later, they threw away their clothes
young man in the backyard
the owner doesn’t know he’s there
taking a drink from the garden hose
drops his flashlight on the ground
he dropped his flashlight on the ground
SCATTER
I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna
I’m not gonna
I’m not gonna pay a lot for this muffler!
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
This is it
THIS IS IT
THIS IS IT
THIS IS IT
THIS IS IT
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
I drive a fancy car
I pick up a runaway girl
I blasting fuck christian cock rock
loud, very loud
very fucking loud
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
this is it
this is sit
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for
all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
this is it this is it
this is it
this is sit
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
I'm feeling so farIm feeling
I'm feeling so far, so far
Im feeling
I'm feeling so far
this is it
this is sit
spit in hair
I'm not gonna pay a lot!I'm not gonna pay a lot!
I'll song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
I'm feeling so farIm feeling
I'm feeling so far, so far
Im feelingI'm feeling so far
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
I saw a string on tree
I make
I pulled string
I fuk boat
I'm feeling so far
Im feeling
I'm feeling so far, so far
Im feelingI'm feeling so far
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
"Rock-a-bye-a-baby!!!! Hi, I'm Harry Schmerler...your singing Ford dealer..."
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
They’re pointing out
north and south
They’re pointing out
"Rock-a-bye-a-baby!!!! Hi, I'm Harry Schmerler...your singing Ford dealer..."
Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!
Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!
Im feelingI'm feeling so far
Im feelingI'm feeling so far, so far
Im feelingI'm feeling so far
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
I saw string on tree
Im feeling
I'm feeling so far
Im feeling
I'm feeling so far
Im feeling
I'm feeling so far
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for
mark porter committed suicide on sunday
he had converted to islam to get married
he had lost his largest commission
his middle name was allen
Through the center of a branch
to the worm at the root
this paper dust was made for you, you being me
degrees falling making exhaust
more impressive than it seems
bark peeled down the tree
paintings dripping from their frame
teeth, a white yogurt on ash wednesday
call this stranger cuz the wheel is waiting for you
there's lice in the cabinet
chewing through to the roof
the dog barks at 6:10am
your shrieking wakes up 4
your persuasion has no outlet
your table and chairs are forgot
on the 16th
the roof is getting weaker
at the office, the copier
is out of toner until thursday
stay with me
stay with me
finger paintings line the attic
nonsensical shapes with
mis-spelled words
local men are firing blanks
while they leave for work
are they still speaking english?
they breathe very loud
glaciers are roaring
the flashpots in yr mind
no point is loaded
body hair grown
you become convinced
everyone wants you to win
THA-ZWI-I spent the day in a monotone mood watching commercials
watching anita bryant with four crew-cut men in 1965
in a cola-fueled christian clothes-on hitler youth orgy of the future
a future where only animals are nutritious
and crab grass causes cancer
underneath it ¼
underneath it, it is plain
underneath it, is reasonably explained
underneath it, it is yes and no
underneath it, it is wave and beat
underneath it is parted between elbow and shoulder as much time created
inside a shark
we gave him away to a fireman and we used to
wait on our stomachs
for our mother to come and father would get
quite annoyed it was when we had
even faces
the camp kept the blue dog that walked away
PEOPLE
I am a young man
closed off in this room
my name it doesn’t matter
Where I’m from, I can’t tell you
I always wanted to control my destiny
not share responsibility
so I could be free
They sent me off to college
so I could learn the law
I met a lot of people
each one with a different cause
I turned myself to physics and astronomy
to see if I could throw away
the seeds they had put in me
I drifted down to the South
and I saw it was vast
I memorized equations
on the eyeless ending sand
I knew that my superiors, they were very strong
they would put me up in space
and never steer me wrong
My expectations didn’t fly
they kept me on the ground
the paperwork was drafted
and I was shown around
they checked my past for arrests
my retinas were scanned
I hoped that there would come a day
when I could take command
They made me go and lock the doors
and cue the landing lights
it was a secret mission
in the middle of the night
the burners started blaring
I crawled inside my suit
knew I wouldn’t come back if they asked me to
I am a young man
closed off in this room
my name it doesn’t matter
Where I’m from, I can’t tell you
I always wanted to control my own destiny
wanted to go and vanish up in the slipstream
The emperor looked
at the head of the horse
lifted his hand
and picked out the brain
opened his mouth, and smeared the remains
he dressed his servants
as nymphs and pans
little boys in the nude
stayed in the pool
to bite on his body while he swam
his sister said
“if breath is a blade
then desire is the cage
claim your birthright
before you’re saved”
had his mother killed
made it a crime to laugh
attacked the statue
who’s clothes matched his own
his bleeding fists sunk into the gold
He memorized the
lives of the gods
Jezebel stole him a tunic
he began planning his burial
at night he debated with Jupiter
He saw Palatine Hill
the volcanoes were calm
before the christians burned
Diamond tipped shovels were used to pierce
the columns and arches
jewels and violins
The violins on Palatine Hill
played like birds colliding in the air
the torches flared
all the grain was set glowing
The senator’s body rolled back on the sheets
his speech a paused spasm
murmuring
“I’m nursing a viper”
The rest of the ward
willingly succumbed immediately
In the middle of the gymnasium
were booths with men
in bullet proof vests
distributing ballots and
voluntary vaccinations to
guard against contaminants
while in line you could
read pamphlets on the issues
or flip to photos of festering boils
it’s slippery and strange to walk alone
sealed lips will keep the borders closed
and no infestations will travel north
nothing to arrest security
just a cure to keep people
in the grasp of liberty
the medicine was made with
pearls dissolved in vinegar
the choice was made by pulling the lever
the searchlights were made for us by the protector
a thief entered
everyone was roused
the wife and kids looked to the head of the house
he opened his robe and threw a small bomb
later, standing over the intruder’s body
he thought through history
and spoke his favorite quote
“I want him to feel like he’s dying”
Free grain for everyone who asks
free grain for everyone who enters
wheat in exchange for marble
wheat for the state
she takes the leather
squirms in the saddle
the dust closes her eyes
I can see the red jacket from here
two girls climbed the stairs
very poised and aware
they’d been here before
the los angeles smog against their backs
two men arrived the next morning
to drop off a pair of glasses
and smear the window pane
the teenager can’t make a sale
so he packs up his stereo equipment
and his clock radio
exits past the telephone pole
when they were done
they sat in the kitchen
they carved up some watermelon
fed a slice to the couple’s dog
an hour later, they threw away their clothes
young man in the backyard
the owner doesn’t know he’s there
taking a drink from the garden hose
drops his flashlight on the ground
he dropped his flashlight on the ground
SCATTER
I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna
I'm not gonna
I’m not gonna
I’m not gonna pay a lot for this muffler!
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
This is it
THIS IS IT
THIS IS IT
THIS IS IT
THIS IS IT
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
I drive a fancy car
I pick up a runaway girl
I blasting fuck christian cock rock
loud, very loud
very fucking loud
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
this is it
this is sit
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for
all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
this is it this is it
this is it
this is sit
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
I'm feeling so farIm feeling
I'm feeling so far, so far
Im feeling
I'm feeling so far
this is it
this is sit
spit in hair
I'm not gonna pay a lot!I'm not gonna pay a lot!
I'll song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
I'm feeling so farIm feeling
I'm feeling so far, so far
Im feelingI'm feeling so far
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
I saw a string on tree
I make
I pulled string
I fuk boat
I'm feeling so far
Im feeling
I'm feeling so far, so far
Im feelingI'm feeling so far
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
"Rock-a-bye-a-baby!!!! Hi, I'm Harry Schmerler...your singing Ford dealer..."
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
They’re pointing out
north and south
They’re pointing out
"Rock-a-bye-a-baby!!!! Hi, I'm Harry Schmerler...your singing Ford dealer..."
Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!
Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!
Im feelingI'm feeling so far
Im feelingI'm feeling so far, so far
Im feelingI'm feeling so far
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
I saw string on tree
Im feeling
I'm feeling so far
Im feeling
I'm feeling so far
Im feeling
I'm feeling so far
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for
all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for
all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for
all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for
all one is no one
all song is one song is his song is no song is
all song is one song is his song is no song is
her song is one song is no song for all
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
gggg gg gg gee gee gee gee gee gee gee geegh gh gh gh gh Ka Ta!Ka Ta!
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
gggg gg gg gee gee gee gee gee gee gee geegh gh gh gh gh Ka Ta!Ka Ta!
gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
gh gh gh gh gh gh
gee gee gee gee gee geegh g
gee geegh gh all song is
one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
Boat People Landing In Santa Barbra
I read I sweat in store
I liik it like that
I'm feeling so farIm
feelingI'm feeling so far, so far
Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!
Gg
gg gg gg
gee gee gee gee
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
No goi ooh ooh aaah !yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
Ka Ta Rock-a-bye yr baby!
all song is his song is no song is her song is no song for all
I’m the star
my movie is fine
all my song is his song is her song is one song for all
gee gee gh gh
golden gloves
I saw yr movie
Polish curse not scary
polish curse exciting
I walk up to sally and billy
look them in eye and yell
Ka Ta, Ka Ta!, Ka Ta!, Ka Ta, Ka Ta!, Ka Ta, Ka Ta!
Show me the camera
lets get it on camera
camera is reall yneat
camera is full of meat
film me!
one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
Boat People Landing In Santa Barbra
I read I sweat in store
I liik it like that
I'm feeling so farIm
feelingI'm feeling so far, so far
Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!
Gg
gg gg gg
gee gee gee gee
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
No goi ooh ooh aaah !yakakakakakak!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
Ka Ta Rock-a-bye yr baby!
all song is his song is no song is her song is no song for all
I’m the star
my movie is fine
all my song is his song is her song is one song for all
gee gee gh gh
golden gloves
I saw yr movie
Polish curse not scary
polish curse exciting
I walk up to sally and billy
look them in eye and yell
Ka Ta, Ka Ta!, Ka Ta!, Ka Ta, Ka Ta!, Ka Ta, Ka Ta!
Show me the camera
lets get it on camera
camera is reall yneat
camera is full of meat
film me!
Or I’ll take yr food!
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, KaTa, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta,
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta , Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta,
Ka Ta! Ka Ta!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
Ka T
aall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
No goi ooh ooh aaah !
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Tagh
gh gh gh gh gh gee gee gee gee gee gee geeegh gh gh ggh gh gh ghg gh gh gh
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!all song is one song is his song is no
song is her song is one song is no song for allall song
is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is he r song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
you quit fast
you quit fast, for sure
now theyre moppin up the hospital floor
you slid out
with no cry or shout
you quit fast
you didn’t last
you quixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx%xx
xx%%%g%%%%%%u%%%xxxxasxtherocket I throw diaper
diaper fall on floor
I FUK BOAT!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!And I say Ka Ta Ka Ta Ka Ta
and I say
I’m not gonna pay a lot for this muffler!
I’m not gonna pay a lot for this muffler!
I’m not gonna pay a lot for this muffler!
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, KaTa, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta,
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta , Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta,
Ka Ta! Ka Ta!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
Ka T
aall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
No goi ooh ooh aaah !
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Tagh
gh gh gh gh gh gee gee gee gee gee gee geeegh gh gh ggh gh gh ghg gh gh gh
Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!all song is one song is his song is no
song is her song is one song is no song for allall song
is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is he r song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
you quit fast
you quit fast, for sure
now theyre moppin up the hospital floor
you slid out
with no cry or shout
you quit fast
you didn’t last
you quixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx%xx
xx%%%g%%%%%%u%%%xxxxasxtherocket I throw diaper
diaper fall on floor
I FUK BOAT!
No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!And I say Ka Ta Ka Ta Ka Ta
and I say
I’m not gonna pay a lot for this muffler!
I’m not gonna pay a lot for this muffler!
I’m not gonna pay a lot for this muffler!
Rock-a-bye yr baby!
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one
song is no song for all
gg gg gg gg gg gg gh gh gh gh gh gh gee gee gee gee gee geegh gh gh gh gh gh
all song is song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
this is it
aaah yakakakakakak!No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!No goi ooh ooh
aaah yakakakakakak!No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!No goi ooh ooh aaah
yakakakakakak!
Go
You gotta give em a shooooooooooooooooooooow!
paper castle drips lemon cleaner
spinning baby milk
feeds and feeds
I got nothing to watch and nothing to read, I can gain and I can sleep
not sure if its english that I'm s'posed to speak
oh, I look at myself an its all a mess
no diet or advice is going to make a change
goddamn it, if Im the guy who everyone says
is writing the book then how come they all expect me to
to read it, for 'em?
I'm overworked, overworked and still lazy, like momma would say
I see the same airport in every dream
all the people on the tarmac are all noisy
theyre paying close attention to the snow on the ground
theyre really straining themselves to see this snow
theyre all oblivious
oblivious to how tired they are
theyre basically, realy lazy
oh, I don't really want to talk anymore
orphan fix
my eye, my back
align my eye to my camera
play the role like
You gotta give em a shooooooooooooooooooooow!
lets bite our tounges off
crawl up to my face
wanna watch you I though you werent yourself
must have been driftin off
wonder what that was
I'm dialing
and and and and
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka TaKa Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka TaKa Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Taall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
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all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all is
his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
gg gg gg gg gg gg gh gh gh gh gh gh gee gee gee gee gee geegh gh gh gh gh gh
all song is song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
this is it
aaah yakakakakakak!No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!No goi ooh ooh
aaah yakakakakakak!No goi ooh ooh aaah yakakakakakak!No goi ooh ooh aaah
yakakakakakak!
Go
You gotta give em a shooooooooooooooooooooow!
paper castle drips lemon cleaner
spinning baby milk
feeds and feeds
I got nothing to watch and nothing to read, I can gain and I can sleep
not sure if its english that I'm s'posed to speak
oh, I look at myself an its all a mess
no diet or advice is going to make a change
goddamn it, if Im the guy who everyone says
is writing the book then how come they all expect me to
to read it, for 'em?
I'm overworked, overworked and still lazy, like momma would say
I see the same airport in every dream
all the people on the tarmac are all noisy
theyre paying close attention to the snow on the ground
theyre really straining themselves to see this snow
theyre all oblivious
oblivious to how tired they are
theyre basically, realy lazy
oh, I don't really want to talk anymore
orphan fix
my eye, my back
align my eye to my camera
play the role like
You gotta give em a shooooooooooooooooooooow!
lets bite our tounges off
crawl up to my face
wanna watch you I though you werent yourself
must have been driftin off
wonder what that was
I'm dialing
and and and and
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
Rock-a-bye yr baby!Rock-a-bye yr baby!Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka TaKa Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka TaKa Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Ta, Ka Taall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for allall song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all is
his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all
all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all all song is one song is his song is no song is her song is one song is no song for all and we all can act togetherif we all trywe can all see the cometsup in the sky
we can all see the grave before we dieand we all can act togetherif we all tryand
we all can act togetherif we all tryand we all can act togetherif we all tryif we're not
caught in the headand we all can act togetherif we all trywe can all see the comets
there up in the skywe can all feed the tigers before we dieand we all act get togetherif
we all tryand we all can act togetherif we all tryand we all can act togetherif we all try
and we all can act togetherif we all trywe can all see the cometsup in the skyand we all
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LIFE ISN’T HARD
the face it bends, the light sends messages to the ground
this man is rendered obsolete in every town
erased is the space between copper and tin
the twin and his father begin to cause harm
rnsns wn nsr wnsmncn rrm nvvns rms nrsnwn ncncrn nsrnr rms!
nwrsu nwrs nrsu nwrsu nwrs nrsu nwrsu nwrs nrsu!
the modem quits, the street fits its buildings to the air
the pontifications get quieter seeing the utter disrepair
ever weaker dissolving resolve
the officers sponsor citations for fraud
x ssr spss cmn n r rr rws r sn rn ss nrm rrncnc rn rws nsnncns r r!
mnrs mnvrs mnvsr mnmnmnmvsr smnvr smsvr mnvsr snsmsnvr!
the signal spreads, the office staff fled
to the parking lots and trains
sparser information by the second
is the cause of what remains
nrnsrssrrns wrscmnsn s rns crsnrsvrns msmn ncncrnrwsn crsnr cs!
nrnsrs rns wrs n s rns crsnr s msmn ncncrnrwsnn ncrsnrcs!
did you see the parades
down state st
did you see the instant refraction of the sun?
leaping cardinals surround the
lush fields of green and brown and
soon they will be growing out and leave a scene of vines
muted cries under winter skies
become alive and starts streaming speech
keeping a transferred, blurring view
nora wrote about a defeated boat
that tried to dock near the irish coast
and was ripped apart, they were never jailed again
replacement folks in their town
sleeping splayed on the ground
and people cant decide if its illusion or its true
but i know there is less of me, and almost nothing left of you
we can all see the grave before we dieand we all can act togetherif we all tryand
we all can act togetherif we all tryand we all can act togetherif we all tryif we're not
caught in the headand we all can act togetherif we all trywe can all see the comets
there up in the skywe can all feed the tigers before we dieand we all act get togetherif
we all tryand we all can act togetherif we all tryand we all can act togetherif we all try
and we all can act togetherif we all trywe can all see the cometsup in the skyand we all
can act togetherif we all tryand we all can act togetherif we all trygh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh £gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gggg gg gg gggg gg gg gg gggg gg gg gggg
g g ggg gg gg gggg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg gg
gggg gg gg gggg gg gg gg gggg gg gg gggg g g ggg gg gg gggg gg gg gg gg g
LIFE ISN’T HARD
the face it bends, the light sends messages to the ground
this man is rendered obsolete in every town
erased is the space between copper and tin
the twin and his father begin to cause harm
rnsns wn nsr wnsmncn rrm nvvns rms nrsnwn ncncrn nsrnr rms!
nwrsu nwrs nrsu nwrsu nwrs nrsu nwrsu nwrs nrsu!
the modem quits, the street fits its buildings to the air
the pontifications get quieter seeing the utter disrepair
ever weaker dissolving resolve
the officers sponsor citations for fraud
x ssr spss cmn n r rr rws r sn rn ss nrm rrncnc rn rws nsnncns r r!
mnrs mnvrs mnvsr mnmnmnmvsr smnvr smsvr mnvsr snsmsnvr!
the signal spreads, the office staff fled
to the parking lots and trains
sparser information by the second
is the cause of what remains
nrnsrssrrns wrscmnsn s rns crsnrsvrns msmn ncncrnrwsn crsnr cs!
nrnsrs rns wrs n s rns crsnr s msmn ncncrnrwsnn ncrsnrcs!
did you see the parades
down state st
did you see the instant refraction of the sun?
leaping cardinals surround the
lush fields of green and brown and
soon they will be growing out and leave a scene of vines
muted cries under winter skies
become alive and starts streaming speech
keeping a transferred, blurring view
nora wrote about a defeated boat
that tried to dock near the irish coast
and was ripped apart, they were never jailed again
replacement folks in their town
sleeping splayed on the ground
and people cant decide if its illusion or its true
but i know there is less of me, and almost nothing left of you
7 comments:
when splish
Good question, anonymous! You are a credit to your race.
Anyway heres the answer!
Liz is pulling the artwork together, and Im making some final final final changes, and Im anticipating we'll be at the printer (fingers crossed) by thursday night. Of this week.
Thank you for your interest, and reveal yourself so you can get your copy
fuck the credit and diversion of race
yes get there thursday, I would love to get my copy friday night!
dont let snow stop you,
all praise to albert
ayler
Hi, Long time listener/ first time caller, Love the show! Can you tell me where we can get translations for those certain portions of Scatter?
Greetings, glad you enjoy the show. You enthusiasm and terminology shows you to be the kind of conscientious, deep thinking individual we like to have as a part of the FLUXLIFE INC. audience. Not to say that anyone is ever excluded. Of course. Obviously.
Now, to the matter at hand. The foreign language sections of "Scatter" (as well as the foreign language sections numerous other works) are part of the artistic choices Richard Millett makes in the name of self expression. That is to say, the languages are chosen for a reason(s) and the reader isn't necessarily being deprived of any "deeper levels" by not being able to read those portions not in English. Having asked Rich about his use languages other then English on several occasions myself, I feel I can make a few comparisons that may be helpful. In music, various "noise" bands use distortion or feedback to generate what can be called "pure" sound. In film, a director may use light, editing or "still" camera techniques to heighten a story without having those elements written into the script or even paid attention to by the actors. In painting, there are several accepted methods and models for "pure" painting such as Action painting, Pop Art, Abstract Expressionism etc. Rich feels that there is virtually no literary example of these complex methods, and has devised any number of formal methods since 2002 to bring "pure" writing to life. One of these is using foreign languages, another is the Search Engine As Language Synthesizer Method and yet another is building upon the foundations Gysin & Burroughs developed with their cut-up/fold-in Method. One exception regarding Rich's theories and execution however, is his belief that his work is not based on any form of "distortion" or even re-conceptualizing. He calls it "pure abstraction", thus placing the "abstractions" purely in line with the rest of the more accessible elements and sections of his work. So, what you find is language shifts, textural shifts, psychological shifts, motivational shifts, character shifts, time & place shifts, and of course structural shifts all happening in concordance with each other and not shunted off to one side in a pretentious attempt to be "daring" or "experimental". There is no experiment in this later work because there are no rules or previously established forms being adhered to, or thusly being rebelled against. To understand further, I cannot recommend enough reading Rich's work in order of its release beginning with Radar/Grain up to the present. Looked at from a purely technical standpoint his methodology across not just each book but each poem (or sometimes each verse or section) becomes quite clear.
Since we appreciate your genuine curiosity, I can give you a few hints as to what the non-English sections are all about (just don't tell Rich!). Remember, this is off the top of my head so if I leave anything it's purely unintentional. First off, the first extended section of Polish is either the Rosary or the entire Novena (which the Rosary is a piece of). If it isn't the entire Novena, it could e portions of the Rosary repeated. Rich had copied the prayer directly off a Catholic prayer translation page and when Rich flew the text into Scatter, the text was all staggered and jagged looking, Rich loved the way it looked and left it that way.
In the lower portion of the poem "Scatter" there is a "break-down" which I believe is in French. It's either French or Italian, and now that I think of it, Italian is more likely. Next to this on the right hand side of the page is more or less the English translation. There are a few key differences some of the phrases (though damn if I can remember them), so you may want to take that onto BabelFish or Alta Vista and translate it for yourself.
Also in the poem "Scatter" there is the term "Ka Ta", this is Japanese for "I win". "No goi ooh ooh ahh yakakakak" comes from a Boredoms web page, and was one fans attempt to decipher what Eye is singing on Super Roots 3. Rich loved it and copied it directly. Also, some of the English verses of the poem "Scatter" were actually written in English, translated into Japanese and translated back into English resulting in some truly bizarre syntax (the best example is to be found the "single" version of Scatter).
The poem "Transcript" (which was properly credited to Millett/Platek) results from Rich audio taping his Grandmother and then transcribing what he heard. This in conjunction with the shifts in language and use of cut-ups etc. is probably the "purest" example of "pure" language and 100% supports the metaphorical structures Rich had created. The only conscious "tampering" Rich did to this was to add the repeated variations on "gg" which was added because "gg" is the first thing that an infant Cassius Clay would say, and later as Muhammad Ali he claimed he was trying to say "golden gloves". Obviously, this use of "gg" works on many levels, it being both "pure" language, symbolic language, communicative language that cannot be understood by the listener (or reader in this case), prophetic language, as well as the parallel that Rich liked of having a baby trying to communicate up against his elderly grandmother trying to communicate.
"Transcript" of course also serves as the set up for Scatter's longest piece and also its finale "Over The Moon" (originally "Moon Psalm" interestingly enough). "Over The Moon" uses elements of Polish, Japanese, English, Marie Platek's "pure language". All of these are cut up and filtered through any number of effects/methods. Some cut-ups originate from Japanese factory websites. The handwritten portions in the middle of the -stream-of-expression/communication was intended to be there from the beginning but was the very last thing added to Scatter. The actual meter and form of the words was created about mid-way through the process. Many of the foreign language elements in "Over The Moon" derive from some 200 pages of prepared then cut-up text Rich created and does not hold much specific meaning seeing as Rich (probably) intended by this point of the book for all communication and all meaning to be exploding into the reader's consciousness. It is metaphorical as well as literal (it being a visual effect as well as a literary one, and a set-up of sorts for the more densely visual works he's currently pursuing). In other words, if you were to scan the pages into a computer and get a direct translation you would not find neatly composed sentences and phrases that Rich is "hiding". What can be illuminating however is what Rich chose to cut up...among these elements are--- any number of Buddhist texts, Google searches for the terms "Zen Transference", "Peace Experience", "Body Transfer", "New Language", in addition to Google searches for non-sepcific terms examples being "traveling outside of your veins" or "transcending time" or "time deterioration and memory resuscitation". Also there were Google searches for facts about oceans, lakes, veins, tunnels, quiet, factories, mass production, tree bark and so. These are not random examples just so you know. There were many others as well, but Rich had told me specifically about these. I know that "Zen Transference" was responsible for the most of the "Over The Moon" non-English sections, so much so that Rich had delete out certain recurring words and phrases for fear that the very long piece might be TOO long and repetitive.
Also, one final thought on cut-ups. Rich used this for far more than generating "chaos" or "pure" language. The section of "The Skin Diver" (I think it's Skin Diver!) that has the verses
"Those are bells bells broken bells" etc is actually entirely from cut-ups Rich made from every existing Darby Crash lyric. Some cut-ups are even more subtle and/or imperceptible with maybe one or two words or one short phrase out of perhaps upwards of 20 pages of collected text being the impetus or jumping off point for not only a verse, but in some cases for an entire extended section.
Well, I hope this has been helpful, and thanks again for your sincere interest.
Earl.
Yr a sincerely genuinely strange bird, Todtemann. Nonetheless thank you for the detailed explanation. I once ran into Millett sometime ago and asked him about scatter's foreign language portions to which he abided with a clear response. However since then--
Millett has published other foreign language pieces which were promptly followed by postings with translations. This led me to believe scatter's translations were out there as well.
In any case I am pleasd to view such satisfactory food for thought in substance and response. Its quite a pleasure to read over.
thanks.
PS- did the Y ever restock the vending machine with Cheez-its? I know youve been after them for quite some time now.
PPS- You missed a great screening of 'Lessons of Darkness' last night. great stuff!
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