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Raven Song

Maybe we need the violence
this elation of
surviving
at the end
rising from the ruins
only to return into dust in a haste

dare to ask yourself what you’ve done
dare to ask yourself what you’ve become

but for now
come down
stand in line
we are at
the edge of time

***
there is something shimmering in the haze
***

It doesn’t matter
where
you lure me to
let’s go
let’s leave
dancing on the tropics
Cancer and Capricorn

a light-bulb supernova
in a Belle Époque
super fair
unseen
how
we laughed

nights out with lights out
under a tent of
waning suns
shimmering in your eyes

is this our generation’s fade
to attract attention to ourselves?
until our hearts are sore

***
there is something shimmering in the haze
***

See the boys and girls sitting on the bed
with their eyes opened wide they reach out for the first rays of a new rising sun to dry their cheeks and to rewarm their hearts

See the mellow men out on the fire escape whistling the blues
See the wounded and the maimed crawling from their inner caves reaching for the stars

those were the days of shuddering hands
the impending doom of buzzing fans

See the shepherds sitting on the hill summoning up brand new ghosts from a distant past

all the kids are frolicking and flickering in the Lawrence
and the vultures are craving for the moving flesh

They all come down on the field to stand in line
and together we reach beyond

***
let’s see what’s behind
***

Let’s get lost in the void
let’s get lost in time and space
let’s find our way out of ourselves
nothing is everything
nothing is nothing
nothing is
nothing lasts
as we go past

take out your blades
and slit the sky
tear it apart
break the levees of the milky way
and let it all come down
reach into the void
reach into the darkness
reach into the void
greet the black star
reach into the void
open up your cage
break your cage
let the birds fly
let the fire bird fly
let the black bird fly
let the raven fly
kiss their shiny beaks
and join in

a raven song

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from How the Light Gets In, released February 28, 2020

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