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~The Atmospheric City

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There were certain tea--chers--

 

that came crashing through my mind

like a herd of Buffalo,

New Yorkers.

 

Peeling, pointing porkers.

 

Try--ing to remind me--

the atmospheric city,

is not the alphabet, Oh!

Should I move out of Ohi--o?

 

(Oh me, oh me. Oh, my--O!)

 

I --

was dissolving,

certain rainy days sort of

had that sad effect on me.

 

And-- I-- was suspended--

high above a swaying bridge,

holding back the water.

 

Like old comic books and thunderstorms

crashing down like gravity...

And--

I smelled the smell of moth *****

made me think of someones' grandma.

 

The empty corners of their closets.

The empty corners of their closets.

 

 

And still...

I dream of fly--ing--

high above the alligators

wrestling in an open pit.

While...

 

an anaconda

drops in uninvited and

squeezes both of them, Oh!

 

I am not complaining,

just because it's raining.

 

There were certain tea--chers--

 

that came crashing through my mind

like a herd of Buffalo,

New Yorkers.

 

Peeling, pointing porkers.

 

Try--ing to remind me--

the atmospheric city,

is not the alphabet, Oh!

Should I move out of Ohi--o?

 

(Oh me, oh me. Oh, my--O!)

 

I --

was dissolving,

certain rainy days sort of

had that sad effect on me.

 

And-- I-- was suspended--

high above a swaying bridge,

holding back the water.

 

And...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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redbarchettadrive
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Mar 28, 2010
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