Coat Check Dream Song
Shrill as a choir of childrenUrgent like the first day of MayFalse and inflatable feelingTugs at my senses, big as the Macy's ParadeOne brick on top of anotherSuch is the measure of manPlanets are inset like diamondsOn a gravity halo, eternity's wedding bandI slept with that dealer all summerThe ecstasy is still in my spineCoat Check I couldn't rememberWalked into the winter, came out on the other side
In the South the sun is shiningBack in the East the lights went out
Stuck on a ladder to heavenOn trial way back in The HagueLullaby sounds from the engineIn my Styrofoam coffin, asleep on the interstateBlack globes, old symbols of freedomA murderer still on the lamCities encircled in ironOn a great silver beltway, democracy's shackled handsSéance that brought us togetherObjects we move with our mindsCoat Check and I lost the numberShort sleeves in the winter, fell back through the other side
Out in the West the cars are crashingUp in the North the ice gave out
Saada Tekmel B'Lhouria...Houria...