Yelena Tokman
master of the bird language
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Velocity of a Half Life (for carol)

Like a cross
Falling from the sky
Icarus, wings melting
Holding tight to
Diogenes lantern
(Let go of the lamp, you moron

You are falling)
Back toward earth
Pulled at the rate of
32 feet per second
Per second
Accelerated to the max

The weight of a lamp
That won’t work in daylight

Rejoicing
Freed at last, freed at last
The bondage of immortality
Repeating an endless loop
Of delusion

Time for a change,
And in that moment of defiance
He is free

SHRIEKBACK

Welcome back old friends
I have been in the company of
Some strange gods

      Turbulent and cold
       Violent warmth
          Beautiful.
Flooding whispers upwelling
Building and burning bridges
Love without mercy.

No reason …gates
And everywhere the scratching,
Muted secrets

That none of them can maintain.

Spies in a house of love
Mothers fierce love
Deconstructing a labyrinth of solitude

Where no mercenary priests abide.

I was given this dream and this vision
From the prophet of the tao,

You are just learning what is true.

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THIS IS FOR FOR ROJI/INVISIBLE GURRL CAN’T BE BLUE
PETTY THIEF IN A HOUSE OF LOVE
FOREVER 21 INGENUE (this stanza is the intro)
YOU ARE NOT THE ONE WHO HIT ON MY CREDIT CARD,
IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT. YOU HAD MOTIVE, MEANS AND OPPORTUNITY
AND …

I’M SORRY IF THIS IS A BIT PERSONAL,
BUT…
(song starts here) MY ONE TRUE LOVE I SWEAR
IS A PSYCHOPATHIC LIAR WHO IS HONEST
BUT NEVER TELLS THE TRUTH
WHEN I TOLD HER
IT WAS LIKE TAKING A GRILLED CHEESE SANDWHICH
AND THROWING IT INTO THE ANTI-MATTER MACHINE
CAUSE IT FELT LIKE I WAS SAVING THE WORL D THAT WAY.

(chorus)
WHY DO I FALL IN LOVE WITH SOCIOPATHIC GIRLS, ROJI?

DO I REALLY THINK THEY MAKE GOOD TEACHERS, ROJI?

WHY AM I SO JEALOUS OF SOCIOPATHIC SLUTS, ROJI?

WHO WOULD WANT TO BE ONE,
EXCEPT YOU AND ME, yeah you and me ROJI!

AND WHEN ITS ALL OVER AND
ALL IS SAID AND DONE,
WHO WANTS TO LOOK AT A BUTT CRACK AND A THONG,
ANYWAY.

AND BESIDES, THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT ARE,
THERE ARE NO FUCKING RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.
AND THE SECRETS YOU PROTECT ARE THE ONES YOU HAVE MADE.

AND I’LL ALWAYS WONDER I WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE BETTER
AND I’LL ALWAYS WONDER
WHAT I DID WRONG
DOES IT MATTER ANYWAY?
AFTER ALL…

I AM SO GLAD THAT SHE LEFT ME ,
I AM FAT AND FUCKED UP
BUT SHE LEFT ME WITH THIS SONG
AND MUSIC ABIDES WHEN ALL THE RUDE UGLY CLOWNS GO HOME
TO BLEED
AND SHE HAS NO HEART BUT I’M IN HER DEBT FOREVER
CAUSE SHE GAVE ME THIS HEART
AND IT’S A DEBT SHE WON’T LET ME REPAY, I SWEAR
NO WAY NO HOW
CAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT MISERY LOVES COMPANY…
AND DON’T ASK ME ABOUT THE PRICE OF LOVE,
I’M AWARE OF IT.
(what a train wreck!)
CHORUS THEN
(../. AL CAPO…FROM THE TOP)

CENTRE FOR ALPHABETICAL SEQUENCING

Velocity of a Half Life (for carol)