"upas" poems
I cannot spare water or wine,
Tobacco-leaf, or poppy, or rose;
From the earth-poles to the Line,
All between that works or grows,
Every thing is kin of mine.
Give me agates for my meat,
Give me cantharids to eat,
From air and ocean bring me foods,
From all zones and altitudes.
From all natures, sharp and slimy,
Salt and basalt, wild and tame,
Tree, and lichen, ape, sea-lion,
Bird and reptile be my game.
Ivy for my fillet band,
Blinding dogwood in my hand,
Hemlock for my sherbet cull me,
And the prussic juice to lull me,
Swing me in the upas boughs,
Vampire-fanned, when I carouse.
Too long shut in strait and few,
Thinly dieted on dew,
I will use the world, and sift it,
To a thousand humors shift it,
As you spin a cherry.
O doleful ghosts, and goblins merry,
O all you virtues, methods, mights;
Means, appliances, delights;
Reputed wrongs, and braggart rights;
Smug routine, and things allowed;
Minorities, things under cloud!
Hither! take me, use me, fill me,
Vein and artery, though ye **** me;
God! I will not be an owl,
But sun me in the Capitol.
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Verse let the rain fall downlet it shower your worries awaylet the music flowand let it waste the day awayPrechorusoh and if i evercould keep it togetherid change your worldand ill be here for whateverive been in your placebut now im alivea star to shine for you tonightChorusand with the music, so loudit sings that itsall yourselfits all yourself(X2)Verse 2stare into the nightdreading the day aheadbut it will be alrightill try and make it work againPrechorus 2oh and if i evercould keep it togetherid change your worldand ill be here for whateverive been in your placebut now im alivea star to shine for you tonightChorus 2and with the music, so loudit sings that itsall yourselfits all yourself(X2)Extended Chorusand now your running awayto a better placeI'll try to stop you nowbut will it ever get betterI've been in your place but now imalivea star to shine for you tonightChorus 3and with the music, so loudit sings that itsall yourselfits all yourself(X2)-break in music, melody played on acoustic guitars-noise fades in, then breakdown(breakdown)like from another mani see my life on the tracksthis cant be the end, no please dont make it all endchange for the better(tag)i dont knowwhat ill do when they turn you upas dead when it all goes downChorus 4and with the music, so loudit sings that itsall yourselfits all yourself(X2)Extended Chorusand now your running awayto a better placeI'll try to stop you nowbut will it ever get betterI've been in your place but now imalivea star to shine for you tonightoutrothere's always tomorrowto make things betterThere's always tomorrowif i can keep it togetherTheres always tomorrowto make things better
Feb 25, 2010
Feb 25, 2010 at 9:03 AM UTC