MANBABY

Every creature is put on this earth condemned to die, 2016

#27

A diamond necklace played the pawn Hand in hand some drummed along, oh To a handsome mannered baton A blind class aristocracy Back through the opera glass you see The pit and the pendulum drawn Columnated ruins domino Canvass the town and brush the backdrop Are you sleeping? Hung velvet overtaken me Dim chandelier awaken me To a song dissolved in the dawn The music hall a costly bow The music all is lost for now To a muted trumpeter swan Columnated ruins domino Canvass the town and brush the backdrop Are you sleeping, Brother John? Dove nested towers the hour was Strike the street quicksilver moon Carriage across the fog Two-Step to lamp lights cellar tune The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne The glass was raised, the fired-roast The fullness of the wine, the dim last toasting While at port adieu or die A choke of grief heart hardened I Beyond belief a broken man too tough to cry Surf’s Up Aboard a tidal wave Come about hard and join The young and often spring you gave I heard the word Wonderful thing A children’s song Child, child, child, child, child A child is the father of the man Child, child, child, child, child A child is the father of the man A children’s song Have you listened as they played Their song is love And the children know the way That’s why the child is the father to the man Child, child, child, child, child Child, child, child, child, child Na na na na na na na na Child, child, child, child, child That’s why the child is the father to the man Child, child, child, child, child

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