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kings
02:45
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“Whose funeral is that?”
a man would sometimes ask on Plutonian Avenue
“Oh, just one of the city aldermen,”
a passer-by would answer hurriedly
I’m kneeling on an iceberg
leaving wishes in the water
and when the whale says so I dance…
I dance!
I’m kneeling on an iceberg
leaving wishes in the water
and when the whale says what to do, I do it
and usually it’s “Dance!”
This volcano is the city council chambers
babushkas waiting for the bread truck
waiting for the post
but of course, every village has a war memorial
Every village has a war memorial
Babushkas are waiting for the bread truck
and they’re waiting for the mail
waiting for the truck with the letters with the stamps on ‘em
“When the human race evolved it evolved with uranium
in the environment so we physiologically
can actually deal with it to some extent…
Plutonium is a man-made element!”
So, like I said I’m kneeling on this iceberg
and there’s this whale in the water
and I’m doing this thing, it looks like praying
but it feels like wishing
and it sounds a lot like
a saxophone when it’s upset
a saxophone when it ain’t fed
when its reed ain’t wet
Babushkas waiting for the bread truck in Eastern European cities
babushkas waiting for the bread truck in Winnipeg
babushkas waiting for the mail truck
babushkas waiting for that Sysco delivery
babushkas waiting for that…
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2. |
sunshine list
02:42
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Corruption and sunshine
sunshine and corruption
“Well, there’s no money in encyclopedias!”
taxicab chatter as we pass a castle with a candle for each window
and a car in every parking spot
a hundred thousand little windows in the auto shop
(smash!)
counting teeth in precision drilling pockets
milling about for a socket wrench
to test all fortitude
and fortune teller’s wit
To wait to speak when older
trains full of soldiers have been known to change a flag
rip out a history page
trains full of soldiers have been known to experience disruption
A slight eruption down along the tracks
lava starts to pour
merch tables in the cemetery corridor
lava starts to pour
Corruption and sunshine
“you know, I’ve actually wanted to make this video for quite a while…
for one, they’re always just posting rude information instead of actually going out and living their lives
I mean, what the frick!?”
Encyclopedias burn bright enough to see a solitary steed
millions of leaves line the roadway
a passing coach riding by farms at the daily hour
when babushkas crumple newsprint into kindling into flame
the options are to sell thing or to pray
crumple newsprint into kindling into flame
the options are to sell thing or to pray
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3. |
dust on the bookshelf
04:09
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There’s a lot of dust on those books
there’s a lot of dust on the pages
but only the edges
you must press paper tightly in order to hold up anything
there’s a lot of dust on the shelf
The type of state that prints pieces of plastic
with pictures of prime ministers and presidents
in the city the jail is just another residence
printing pieces of plastic with pictures of faces of prime ministers and presidents and premiers and the [REDACTED]
Commodified water
water on the stock market
This all harkens to some other words by some other people
There’s a lot of dust on your bookshelf
there’s a lot of rust up on your mental health
yeah the chrome is tarnished
and there’s a lot of dust on your bookshelf
And you’re cancelling those books you ordered
a lot of dust on the pages!
A lot of dust
you must combust you must you must
a lot of dust
you must combust, yeah!
A lot of dust on the tape deck
There might be a little dust on the bookshelf
it’s one of those things that gets sweeter with time
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Ears turned internal to the pulse
bouncing through the canopy of connective thought
alarm means scarcity
property lines mean trespass
aging infrastructure can be mental more than cement
Even the dogs wore badges
yet you wonder why yours’ll bark
A high-pass on the lunchroom ambiance
avoiding glances
switching from pop to juice to water
cemetery for church
blueprints for a city
what came first…
the highway or the gravesite?
the speed limit or the recovery line?
Even the dogs wore badges
yet you wonder why yours’ll bark
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5. |
pinch rattlesnake
03:30
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"What the ash was like?"
"The ash was uh, it was kind of warm
it was warm all around us
I’d inhaled so much of it, it’d gone down my throat
I swallowed a lot of it and I had to dig it out of my mouth"
Handfuls of autumn
nine hours an inch
one city a year
Bombs had shot through the vent at velocities
of more than 300 kilometers an hour
the cone itself rose a thousand meters above the original cornfield
it erupted about a million tonnes of ash, cinder, and bombs upon the city
Engines rumble
seismic meters peter out
scream and shout and wail!
hold breath, pinch rattlesnake
carry handfuls of water as you make your decision
plutonium vision
Handfuls of autumn
nine hours an inch
one city a year
“Here’s the volcano
here is the tube where the lava comes from
and here’s the lava producer
the lava is pushed up, up here
the pressure pushes it out
and bubbles come up from the lava”
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6. |
only butterflies
02:44
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Love
“Speed it up about a billion times
here it goes
sixty thousand
thirty thousand
ten thousand
seven thousand
hold it
An infrared aerial picture of the forest shows vegetation coloured dark red
here’s the equivalent picture the day after the eruption
every trace of life had been blasted off the map
way beyond what was considered to be the danger zone”
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7. |
dawn
01:57
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“Anarchism would go a step farther and
would argue that the state is not a necessarily evil
rather it is unnecessary evil
It is evil as well as it is unnecessary
sooner you get rid of it, the better”
I’m kneeling on an iceberg
getting closer to the water
and when the whale says so, I dance
I’m kneeling on an iceberg
getting closer to the water
and when the whale says so, I dance
“A lot of people believe it is too utopian idea
it is not practicable
it is not feasible
I mean, it talks of a system in which there will be no authority”
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8. |
have you seen the trees?
05:44
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What you seed
what you want
what you need
Have you seen the trees in Chernobyl?
Have you seen the trees in Uranium City?
Have you leopard on your tongue?
Have you leopard on your lips?
Smelt every flower in the gun
Tell me, just come clean!
I journeyed here because of a jazz song
I journeyed here because of a jazz recording
In the field with no radiation where we can finally rest for the night
Under tree canopies
Wash our apples, wash our drink
Swallow rainwater
what do you think?
why would I lead you here?!
Have you seen the trees in the kitchen sink?
Seen the seeds sprouted under asphalt
and winding around rusted pipes, coiled drains
and everything when it rains gets greener
radioactive or not it gets greener
Have you seen the trees?
I journeyed here because of a jazz recording
I journeyed here because of a jazz song
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9. |
always
01:36
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I’ll be loving you always
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Kitz Willman Winnipeg, Manitoba
vocalist, songwriter, producer and performer making experimental prairie rap in Winnipeg MB Canada.
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