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Intro - Serial Studies

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Pandora Parchment


Lost in my train of thought
by the tracks of the wayward wind
the consequence of my bliss was insubstantial
A card was played and gone with the wind
Torrential and self-evident
In asking a civil question:
"Is this train for passengers?"
"Freight", was the bystander's answer.
A frayed knot in this golden thread ensued
And in parting ways in the eager substantiation
With a delusion of Grandeur
I realized,
 in trepidation
that the jump was too far.
If the hero couldn't make the change...
Some doors lead to concrete dreams,
Like a door to nowhere for physicality.
When a boundless imagination
becomes relentless,
I wandered onward as Emily did,
to the iniquitous den of a Charlies Angel.
Looking for an impression in her impersonation
Twas a sticky situation between cars & guitars,
Allowing for the solidification of my tart spirit
As vines thickened
In the explanation of this perfunctory life's tapestry
Narrowly escaping the ill raven's search
For the early bird's worm
I had complicated a rainy day
When calling from a great distance
Required for each slippery step
One rung in the stolen ladder
As Jacob is in a fit
About the cacophony of cataclysmic quagmires
Meandering about with slight contempt & trepidation
Yet calm in the carefully constructed woes of happenstance
Now home
Not to mother in a cardboard box
Home is where the heart is...
Nothing to hide no matter where you are
Nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide
Skies open wide in the din of the day
Keeping a lid on a parched Pandora's wish
I can't turn the page of frozen celluloid
Because she's a laborious chapter
Just don't throw the book at me
It will only truly land
In the hands of the devil
Whipped by his tale
And slightly singed in the danger
That didn't exist in the first place
Of an afternoon meandering
in hopes of a glimpse of her treasure
by the abandoned tracks...



Circuitry Eternal


In the eyes of a mortal soul
And in the consequence of dreams
Enclosed in microcosms of circuitry
Dusting the gray matters with a tell-tale broom
Down sealed corridors long forgotten
A janitor touches upon a legacy of humanity
In static shoes...
Not knowing the sheer density
Of the chip on his shoulder
In the memory that is volatile
Oblivious and loyal
He kisses his server
Tucks away his transistor radio
With a half a bar of soap
And a tattered comb
He senses that people still exist
But can't be for sure
Knowing that in the eyes of his canine friend
His world can never mend
He sweeps away his tears
Of a world he once knew
When neighbors threw parties
Before the Ending War blues
Every now and then
He grasps one hand with the other
Reminding himself
That his hands are real
As a golden rule on a deeply seated plaque
“To err is contrary to the perfect output of the Divine”
He's been hoping the plaque would disappear
Before it had appeared
As a dumbwaiter contraption
Set to rise and fall every 10,000 years
Once he ate breakfast on it out of spite
Only to have nightmares late at night
Anytime of day
He did not know when
And felt more dirty
The more he cleansed
He would sing:
'Oh Lord pretty blu
Bright immortal eyes
Lucifer is shinin
pretty blu
quickenin his bow
In da flames
I know dat Heaven
I know there be
roads of gravel
sure no streets of gold
I do what I'm told
pretty blu twinkle
star O' Bethlehem
won't you shine on me?'

One day he wandered a little beyond
with a drink in hand
Very old brandy
In a small leather flask

Peering over the rail and falling
Infinity stole him
Smashing the labyrinth
Of the only circuitry remaining
And the only circuitry needed
Containing everything ever experienced
By humankind
He laughed as his life fizzled away
And suddenly
Everyone had no recollection
Of the virtual world that once enveloped
Reality in limbo
His broomstick sank to the very bottom
And all was forgotten...




Lament of The Blind Record Weasel


Violation of monolith proportions
To the dog faced boy who shouted too loudly
In his formative years obsessing about the woman
He didn't add up
but the figures did...
Both as witnesses as well as a hidden prophet
He was thinking about ghosts in the wind
The unclear channel was surfed routinely
A fun dead venture to sell to the masses
And further pursue the taboo
Of making invisible
The difference
Betwixt fiction and reality
Getting out of this state
Like a sample in a jar
A state of moot affairs and oracle territory
In order to preserve
The Deal
Motion the mad soulless wonder
To the questioning table
And we'll keep his brain
To examine...
Mother will keep the filters on high
To mask home conversation
What seemed so alien was his violently happy human behavior
Wishing he was here with Alice and Sid
We've learned so much from him
Too much to reveal in science...
Illuminati Mafia scoring media focus
And make dollars from his stories
He might think he's already died
It's later than you think ... you might want something to drink
Isn't it ironic that his sanity remains
Despite a blissful existence
He won't be riding the gravy train
with a new record
Paranoia just doesn't hold water
To a child who needs water
Amidst more pressing matters
Mind over matter
Ghosts in the machine
To coin a phrase
with a tie that binds
Match making spirits in the material world...

    
 
 
 

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