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Telling him it's safe

the parent lies through a smile

too soon truth revealed

 

too soon truth revealed

all is well, all is well; slide

the ways to the sea

 

 

Post of a conversation with Apech, here; please do comment!

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the ways to the sea 

numerous and inviting

call the waters back

 

call the waters back

cried King Canute to the sea

my feet must stay dry

 

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call the waters back

cried King Canute to the sea

my feet must stay dry

 

My feet must stay dry!

But how, when water won't yield?

I'll stand on my head...

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My feet must stay dry!

But how, when water won't yield?

I'll stand on my head...

 

i'll stand on my head

and i'll talk through my backside

much sense and wisdom

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i'll stand on my head

and i'll talk through my backside

much sense and wisdom

 

Much sense and wisdom.

Watching electricity.

Eating chemistry.

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Eating chemistry

metabololising stardust

you me universe

 

you me universe

a circle in a spiral a

wheel within a wheel

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you me universe

a circle in a spiral a

wheel within a wheel

 

wheel within a wheel

crushing grass, grasshoppers, ants --

death's locomotion**

 

 

* that's why nature didn't invent a bicycle -- or any live creatures that move about on wheels

* "loco" is the Spanish for "crazy"

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death's locomotion

twitches and spins and vomits

enlightening brew

 

enlightening brew

my coffee at breakfast time

calms and enlivens

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enlightening brew

my coffee at breakfast time

calms and enlivens

 

calms and enlivens?

paradox and poetry 

are good bedfellows!

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calms and enlivens?

paradox and poetry 

are good bedfellows!

 

are good bedfellows

those who sleep the soundest? Then

Davy Jones has many

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are good bedfellows

those who sleep the soundest? Then

Davy Jones has many

 

Davey Jones has many

sea chests boxes and baskets

one size fits us all

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Davey Jones has many

sea chests boxes and baskets

one size fits us all

 

one size fits us all

provided we dress ourselves

in garments of light

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one size fits us all

provided we dress ourselves

in garments of light

 

in garments of light

we prance and dance on thin ice

life short but merry

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life short but merry

my stature defines me not

my roots, they run deep

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life short but merry

my stature defines me not

my roots, they run deep

 

My roots, they run deep,

away from all enemies --

rock, paper, scissors.  

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The five elements:

they're a virtuous circle;

and they confound most.

 

And they confound most

And they always burn the toast

Those damn hungry ghosts

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And they confound most

And they always burn the toast

Those damn hungry ghosts

 

those damn hungry ghosts

eating only burnt up toast

need no gastric band

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need no gastric band

smelling up this place again

just peace and quiet

 

just peace and quiet

one day following the next

ah such sweet repose

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just peace and quiet

one day following the next

ah such sweet repose

 

Ah such sweet repose

a storm on the Pacific

rewriting the shores

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rewriting the shores

re-arranging the landscape

---must be spring cleaning

 

- must be spring cleaning

the new broom sweeping dry leaves

stale thoughts swept away

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- must be spring cleaning

the new broom sweeping dry leaves

stale thoughts swept away

Stale thoughts swept away

new thoughts rush in unasked

I breathe out, they stop

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