You steered those crossing echoes,
The vestiges and inklings
Of causes and effects that clutter up
The threshold of these lives.
You gave us cinema’s complete description:
Of what exists— Recorded frame by frame—
As well as how it goes—
The action picture’s pictures moving.
MATTER AND MOMENTUM ARE CONSERVED
AS SOULS EXPRESS THE ENERGY
THE HEAT, THE LIGHT
OF FRICTION WE EXPEND
LIKE THE TRICK OF MAGIC THINKING
OR EVERY BROADCAST EVER MADE
OUR RESIDUE REMAINS
RICHOCHETING THROUGH MIRAGES, HOLOGRAPHS
THE OLD TRANSMISSIONS THAT IT MEETS.
The engine of it all, you claimed,
Is that censored stuff we’re full of.
Every twisting turn
The whole canal,
From mouth to mouth.
The waste we make each day,
Converting nourishment to charge,
To power body functions we ignore.
The beating heart, the breathing,
This avalanching avalanche of thought.
MATTER AND MOMENTUM ARE CONSERVED
AS SOULS EXPRESS THE ENERGY
THE HEAT, THE LIGHT
OF FRICTION WE EXPEND
LIKE THE TRICK OF MAGIC THINKING
OR EVERY BROADCAST EVER MADE
OUR RESIDUE REMAINS
RICHOCHETING THROUGH MIRAGES, HOLOGRAPHS
THE OLD TRANSMISSIONS THAT IT MEETS.
credits
from Songs For Samuel,
track released October 7, 2019
Words: Norah Vincent
Music: Vern Woodhead
Vocals: Vern Woodhead
Guitars: Vern Woodhead
Keyboard: Lars Pottiger
Bass: Dmitry Ishenko
Drums: Rob Mitzner
Mix: Charles Burst
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