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A stark shaded light swings From the office ceiling Making cartoon shadows chase Crazily around the walls She stands on one leg Quite easily and bizarrely And types with her other foot Tapping the lettered keys With the stiletto heel of her shoe And hanging in the juggling rays of light There is a trilby hat with teeth and no eyes Wearing a raincoat indoors Ectoplasmic cigarette smoke coils A trilling piano Tickles around a neon light Somewhere Out there The stiletto becomes a cigarette holder Daintily dribbling ash ****** trumpet notes insinuate Sliding brass around the walls Overlaying the chasing shadows Teeth do a flash-bulb grin The top comes off a bottle And two glasses are splashed into Negotiations are pursued A flirting of commerce Flash! That grin again A service has been purchased Glasses ***** The light still swings A jazz singer sings Pouring sweetness over the neon light Somewhere Out there Outside the moon scowls in silver A pistol writes an anonymous threat And with inappropriate optimism The chorus presents A monstrous garish dance routine Bang! And screams off-stage The dance becomes the soft-shoe scatter Hands slide inside double-breasted jackets The cops howlingly arrive! Car doors slam, bam! But all players have dispersed The night is seamless again And a lazy jazz band plays Behind the neon light Somewhere Out there By Phil Roberts
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Apr 21, 2016
Apr 21, 2016 at 3:52 AM UTC
A SINISTER MUSICAL
A stark shaded light swings From the office ceiling Making cartoon shadows chase Crazily around the walls She stands on one leg Quite easily and bizarrely And types with her other foot Tapping the lettered keys With the stiletto heel of her shoe And hanging in the juggling rays of light There is a trilby hat with teeth and no eyes Wearing a raincoat indoors Ectoplasmic cigarette smoke coils A trilling piano Tickles around a neon light Somewhere Out there The stiletto becomes a cigarette holder Daintily dribbling ash ****** trumpet notes insinuate Sliding brass around the walls Overlaying the chasing shadows Teeth do a flash-bulb grin The top comes off a bottle And two glasses are splashed into Negotiations are pursued A flirting of commerce Flash! That grin again A service has been purchased Glasses ***** The light still swings A jazz singer sings Pouring sweetness over the neon light Somewhere Out there Outside the moon scowls in silver A pistol writes an anonymous threat And with inappropriate optimism The chorus presents A monstrous garish dance routine Bang! And screams off-stage The dance becomes the soft-shoe scatter Hands slide inside double-breasted jackets The cops howlingly arrive! Car doors slam, bam! But all players have dispersed The night is seamless again And a lazy jazz band plays Behind the neon light Somewhere Out there By Phil Roberts
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Apr 21, 2016
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