we settled the airship at Brices Cross Field
the morning the visitors came
the envelope swooning, the steam lift displaced
the candle relieved of the flame
advancing through Natchez Trace, slipping the u-rays
the interlopers scanning the skies
we pored through intelligence, interpolating parallax
with no heed for our own demise
to stare into your eyes
the paths your history comprise
all the lies that make up our lives
such a quiet night, down on Monroe Street
for want of a future, Eurasia recedes
the Fourth and the Fifth Kingdom stalled
and the slim paralegal checked into the Regal
the concierge already called
from Gloster to Main down to Commerce in course
the young man, supine, in the hack
past his aunt's Saratoga, the deacon's Light Eight
the alderman's white Cadillac
to stare into your eyes
the paths your history comprise
all the lies that make up our lives
such a quiet night, down on Monroe Street
from the crow's cry of midnight to the dawn, 12:01
let the bottleneck of history rest
we hold forth to strike, vacuum buss at the ready
we fire at the envoy's behest
and these shadows in time, we know not their number
descend upon Troy at South Spring
did they grasp for a binding, all unhinged in time
the clockmaker's gold wedding ring
to stare into your eyes
the paths your history comprise
all the lies that make up our lives
such a quiet night, down on Monroe Street
oh, did she know, did she feel the world shiver
did she think it was all about her?
and in his own hands did he feel the flash of fortune
to circumvent the dread saboteur
to stare into your eyes
the paths your history comprise
all the lies that make up our lives
such a quiet night, down on Monroe Street
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