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far from here

from Accompanyments 2 by Big Kitty

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a distant shadow is addressed bending it near

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Far from here the people say
four thousand years inside the cave
why did it ever come to this
out of a coma into the mist

I am afraid I am dead
I stumbled upon a land not mine
a swarm of bees
the scent of pine

way out in the expanse of dreams
lost in the forest upon the sea

abandoned handkerchief soaked in thoughts
a crazy massacre of colored dots

a cold cloud sags like a rotten floor
I don’t want to pick cotton no more

beneath the glass where St Catherine is kept
beckoning with her
mummified finger
the locomotive wheezing where the water once crept
beckoning with her
floating finger

the nearer you get the softer your lines
your teeth more spongelike
your eyes gentle and kind

and impossible to find
they sued you for impersonation
you’ve still got those old worries on your mind
why not make them mine?
I would make them so fine
i'll step in with lipstick and a pistol
i'll wear gray shoes and a pink carnation
If I knew any better
Which of course I don’t
I’d have forgotten every letter
Of my name and I’d be sitting here
Not knowing if I were here at all…
but I’m like the little blue engine
I feel I do I feel I do
and how i feel i do
makes me just like you

tomorrow night
I dreamed of the Ramones
in the roman empire
they were standing under an arch
singing i wanna be crucified
they looked at me once
their wheels caught fire
this happened on the ides of march
I got stuffed in a drawer with some traffic cones
they told me to ignore my brittle bones
forget my depression leave rainbows alone
since then i've grown cold

take a back seat to the swivel chair
breathe the festival air hear the lions roar
go ask the fortune teller what you’re crying for
the fluorescent lighting is poor

the whole world just shookes up over 600 pages in my book

and now the rain falls
the wind's secrets are told
all the great detectives
have retired or sold out
and the ancient prophecies in dying tongues crowd around the
bared breasts before the flood
that soaks into your pores like animal blood from a fountain the tension is mounting
the sacrificed beasts
an eye for an eye
and a curse on your teeth
and a purse on your tongue
golden fields of wheat
mildew on rye
and all that I asked of you sigh
while the guard dogs chased thieves

was to dig a hole under a sycamore tree
but all you could see was a witch hazel bush
and you fell in the hole you didn’t see me push
and all the nervous rhythms pushed back
remember now
remember now
all the memories flushed out
all the ropes left slack
all the knots undone
no time to reflect on what might have been won
the Earth is embracing your body and spirit
might as well surrender might as well let it

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from Accompanyments 2, released August 1, 2023

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