November #2

from The Same 12 Songs by Tremendous Impending Succession

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lyrics

when the leaves left
the birds took notice
that the promises of spring
had been fully withdrawn
and they left too

along the street
that advertises
another dozen ways
to eat the same five animals
people emerge from storefronts

steaming like teapots
bent past roasted ducks
hanging in windows
and the woman sewing buttons
next to a furnace of soup

past the coffeehouse
where a young man
with a bullring in his nose
takes notes about
the social utility of cold

man in bmw going
into art museum equals
immigrant worker leaving
meat packing plant
humanity in mutual frailty

a thelonious monk record plays
he treats "round midnight"
as if it were an irritant
a speck of dust in his eye
he'll make it new again

and at this latitude
the weather will make
a street new again
faster than the lunch specials
can change on a menu

credits

from The Same 12 Songs, released November 3, 1997
Words - Tom Schroeder, Music - Jay Orff

Dave Herr - drums
Jay Orff - sound design, bass
Tom Schroeder - guitar

Katy Vanderwood - voiceover