I've been to the river
Lieutenant Picker and me
Seeking wisdom
Short among tall pastels
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I need concrete with sharp corners
Green waves crashing onto rocks
Brisk air and salty stares
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Anticipation
Opens a bloom near my reach
Untouched yet the heat
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Full moon jags
Round this little town
Swinging low and deep
Within without a sound
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Later on, my childhood friend Karl Marx
Was a big success playing in a rock band
Together we listened to smuggled Tull, as kids
He and his science friend introduced me to The Beatles
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Silent bell and silent sun
Space enough between us
Now as then
Attached to spiny beliefs sharper at each start
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I wish all day
That I was small
I turn to fast
And things just fall, away
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Where, if now, brown cow
To see of me and be of me
To trade me at the days end
When after little work lay thousands
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Shiny and twirling like a mad martin
Over a pond full of lazy mosquitoes
My nickel flipped end over end
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It is again, the line of rulers, emporers
The long walk of brave little men
Passing in silence
As they guide themselves in
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