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Past as performed in Austin, Texas on August 11, 1995 Past European starlings Past the policy-weary commune Past strips of Serengeti Past leavings towards a full-stop Past condescending reptiles Past leanings towards a full-stop Past rosebud, way past Rorshach **
Past conversational gemstones We live to survive our paradoxes A summer that hissed like Tom Verlaine I, I, I Past European starlings Past shelves of pussy magic Past theatre fans of America I Love you Past pale faced advertising Past sacred obligations I’m the bounty hunter who shot Bigfoot I, I, I Past rosebud and way past Rorschach Past a pickled bead of water I’m the bounty hunter who shot Bigfoot I, I, I Past a thousand points of interest Past interstate brickface I’m the asteroid that wrecked the planet I, I love you Past strips of Serengeti Past the gates of sleepy hallow Past pageantry for the pot head I, I, I, I Past polyester drowned you Past sled dogs after dinner Past prospering by the sea side I, I, I, I Past condescending reptiles And naive and thirsty enzymes We are the ghost of earthquake sullied I, I, I I love you, can’t ya tell? I love you, can’t ya tell? * Tom Verlaine is an eclectic musician best known for his songs that accompany avant-garde films. Patti Smith once said: "Tom plays guitar like a thousand bluebirds screaming." ** Hermann Rorschach was the Swiss psychologist who, in 1921, invented the ink blot test that now bears his name. |