At the time of death
Every pet and boyfriend and girlfriend and mentor and preacher and counselor and teacher
Every feeling and emotion and edge and notion
Converge from shadow lines
To end the death march they started on that bright day they met you in
Your youth
Your comfort
Your pain
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As you sat there talking on and on I grew bored of imagining you as a skeleton and a little bit annoyed at the constant clapping of jaws so I let you be just your fragile veins, scarlet red and tropic sea blue, very delicate and peaceful and unobtrusive and this why I smiled as I sat across from you on a big yellow chair and said” yes ” and “hmmm”.
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Now that everything has been poured out and lies wriggling its way into a slow death on marble floors in sterile sunlight ,maybe now you could rosin up your bow and play for us in the shadows of the tall artificial trees that stand forever green and clean dusted as they are by the minions of this castle this fortress this tomb.
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Oh to lift a feather fair
And drop it in the wind
Oh to float and drift and dream
Without bondage, care or kin
Oh to come to gentle rest
Within the forest glade
Oh to lay on soft moss
In a light and gentle way
Oh to fade in sunlight
And turn to earth all day
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Take emotion
Tidal wave
Drink the brine
For salty smiles
A sound of fear
A strait of tears
Welling up into your eyes
Take emotion
Saxophone
Throw it all away
A melody of maladies
A sad improvisation
Filling up your ears
Take emotion
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I find my way into the big city
To the front door of a giant building
I would feel more at ease on the moon
There are smart and shiny people to remind me
Any way I turn
I stand
Inside a circle
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