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Haunted Rowhome
01:22
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Haunted rowhomes seethe in slumber
Infernal penumbra in urban tundra
Hypertetrahedrons collide inside
Impossible geometry diminishes your mind
Atrocity in stasis you can't unsee
Now you can't spell eternity
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2. |
Walrus Moustache
01:54
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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
HAD A WALRUS MOUSTACHE.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
COULD NOT EAT SOUP GRACEFULLY.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
COULD REALLY TICKLE THE IVORIES.
WHAT DO I KNOW
ABOUT PHILOSOPHY?
IT’S ALL GREEK TO ME.
THINKING IS BORING.
I THINK THE GLASS IS HALF EMPTY.
I HAVE NO IDEA
WHY THE CHICKEN
CROSSED THE ROAD.
Nietzche comma Friedrich
Moustache comma had a walrus
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3. |
Drumthwacket
01:05
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WHAT IS IN THE PAPER BAG YOU ASK?
NONE OF YOUR BEESWAX.
ALL RIGHT, I’LL TELL YOU.
IT’S A CAT’S HEAD.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH A CAT’S HEAD YOU ASK?
I’M OFF TO THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION
TO TOSS IT ONTO THE FRONT PORCH.
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT
YOU ASK?
I’M NOT SURE.
WHERE DID I GET THE CAT’S HEAD YOU ASK?
I’LL NEVER TELL.
MEOW.
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4. |
Doodling Jack
01:32
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DOODLING JACK
WILL NEVER COME BACK
THEY TOOK AWAY HIS PEN
HE DREW TRIANGLES
AND HE DREW SQUARES
AND TINY STICK FIGURES
WITH BIG BUSHY HAIR
HE DOODLED HERE
AND HE DOODLED THERE
HE DOODLED ON EVERY BLANK SURFACE
HE DIDN'T CARE
DOODLING JACK
WILL NEVER BE BACK
WE’LL NEVER SEE HIM AGAIN
DOODLING JACK
WILL NEVER COME BACK
THEY TOOK AWAY HIS PEN.
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THERE WERE NO
ONCE UPON A TIMES
IN THIS HOUSE.
WE KEPT ALL OF THE STORIES OUT.
KNOCK KNOCK.
WHO’S THERE?
PHILIP GLASS.
PHILIP GLASS WHO?
PHILIP GLASS PHILIP GLASS PHILIP GLASS.
I FELL FROM THE LADDER AND MY
LAST IDEA LIGHTBULB SHATTERED.
WHY DID THE PHILIP GLASSES
CROSS THE ROAD?
TO COME TO MY HOUSE.
NOW THEY ARE HERE EVERY NIGHT.
THEY TELL ME THE SAME JOKES
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER.
I EAT CANDY AFTER CANDY AFTER CANDY AFTER CANDY AFTER CANDY AFTER CANDY AFTER CANDY AFTER CANDY.
THE PHILIP GLASSES TOLD ME
THAT THE GLASS IS HALF EMPTY.
IN BARBERSHOP HARMONY.
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6. |
Pizzicato Groteskem
03:16
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I AM THE MAIN CHARACTER
PHILLIP THE REGULAR.
I AM A TREMBLING BRAIN
WITH A HANK OF HAIR
ON A BLACK SILK CUSHION.
I AN UNABLE TO SAY THE WORDS
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I MISSED NEW YEARS EVE.
I HAVE OLD CALENDARS.
THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF MY HOUSE.
I AM 3 SHIRTS TO THE WIND
IN MY FLYING CHAIR.
I ALMOST LOST MY GROUCHO.
I’M ALWAYS WHISPERING POLITICS,
SWOLLEN TONGUES
COOKED ON THE GRIDDLE IN POLITICAL SAUCE
TO MY KNICK KNACK FRIENDS
THE THREE BLAHS.
KNICK KNACKS LIFE
SHELF SAD LIFE.
THERE ARE STEREOPHONIC TORNADOS
ON THE RADIO.
PIZZICATO GROTESKEM.
AS YOU CAN SEE
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7. |
One Meridians
03:11
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The street's packed with centurions
Flames lick all the old towers
Firefighters scale sideways on every story
Kids race around like electrons
I've never been to this neighborhood before
Yet City Hall is just over there
But that's not Billy Penn
That's just another monument-topped dollar store
Called "The Million Billion Dollar Store"
Every dollar store monument-topped
An architect arrives
Having fled his 52 square foot glass cube in Brooklyn
Which received national exposure
(In fact it's named "National Exposure")
He goes and buys a pretzel
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When the hulk lingering overlong was gone
Before a bland black glass leviathan
Condominium rose in its stead in its bed,
[The plot was filled and coated] obsidian
Slathered so smooth. After it cooled,
Before the desecration by demarcation
For the purpose of a placeholder parking lot,
I happened upon fresh immaculate asphalt
And was enthralled by this vast tile of perfect jet.
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9. |
Haunted Rowhomes
01:24
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Figure Een: piano
GK: synth, mellotron
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