Thursday, June 17, 2010

799: 6/17/00 : Surprise!

As the blood bubbles up in my lungs
As famous last words die on our tongues
Dark wings unfurl before my eyes
Surprise!
As I give in to the existential grind
A thousand justifications in my mind
Suddenly to a new dawn I rise
Surprise!
At the top of a monstrous mountain of shit
That I climbed just for the hell of it
I find an ancient subtle and wise
Surprise!
In a heavily annotated suburban slum
in a grid gray relentless silent and glum
I hear a gyrfalcon’s purest cries
Surprise!

You can read an explanation of the origin of these lyrics here

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