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Four Buttons

It seems like a prevarication
An exercise in distancing, denial
But in reality it’s an arm’s length saviour
A move sideways to go forth

Say all is something else
Say all is something else
Say all is something else
(This isn’t this but what it represents)

Simile and metaphor
The corridor is a leviathan’s throat
His nose a cockroach in my kitchen

Supplant and ideate
Supplant and ideate
Supplant and ideate
(And while THEY dither, YOU act)

A shank shines in that corridor

He counts four buttons down
He counts four buttons down
He counts four buttons down
(Five shalt thou not count, no)

The shank is but a viper

He counts those four little buttons down!
He counts those bastards down!
(Then a smidge to my left, his right)

That viper in my hand
That viper in my hand
That viper in my hand
(But that viper remains in his fist)

His fist
In his fist

The corridor is a flooding tunnel,
The flooding tunnel a leviathan’s throat,
The leviathan’s throat is a playground slide down to a furnace

He is cheap statuary
He is cheap statuary
He is cheap statuary
O use your imagination

He counts those four little buttons down!
He counts those bastards down!
(Down, down)

He’s counting buttons down
He’s counting buttons down
He’s counting buttons down
(Fascia, rib, then the final sprint to the finish)

My finish that is
Unless I can-
Unless I can-
But I can’t
I can’t
I can’t

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from A Dereliction of Judy, released March 1, 2023

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