#598 - all the preparations for departure

 

22.viii.21

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all these preparation for departure

 

wills and heaven heights

much staving potion, spells and pills

my own pyramid and pyre

 

fondest fancies

better never than later

borne of fear

 

where there’s nothing to know

and still the sadness of survivors

all memories grow old

 

we euphemize

ridiculous wishes

lists of what you can’t take

 

when there’s nowhere to go

all these preparations for departure

hopes against here we are

 

clock ticks

image of a scythe

fictions such as soul or gods

 

angels, devils

in attendance urge

dark, light

 

one hand follows another

over the keys

all these preparations

 

so much of it unintelligible

in any other place or age

or given a second thought

 

preparations for

for where, for when

we’ll never be

 

people talk about freedom

say no one will know

quite where we’ve choofed

 

treat it like sleep, like a dream

it’s not true

the framing’s wrong

 

we won’t meet again

guys, this is it

there’s no out of time for compost

 

it’s just this once

just this one world

there is only one way

 

out of nature or in

and that is simply to sing

so sing!

 

we only throw smoke

at the sky

we only bury remains