The slow wonder

Up through the crystal, nineteen and counting, And miles away, a voice from the mountain. Back from the program, our own girl Jesus, So proud to say we love her to pieces. We do. So tell us the story...

On the table The deal that kept the courts at arm's length Stealing our thoughts with the force of their non sequiturs Amateurs On the table The view behind the legs of dancers Windows of chance...

O come sweet life, wash clean my hands. The revolution has been left to chance. This dawns on me every morning at about three. Battle for straight time Battle for straight time Battle for straight...

"That's luck," she led "We should be dead" We eyed the wreck "Good God," we said She plants one kiss for the road on my chest Sirens came after we left Christine, come...

Game on, Cleopatra get mad, pull a rabbit from your top hat. Pick a card, any card, When they kept to the yard, you strayed - 35 in the shade. Game on, Cleopatra get down, leave your coat in the lost...

Better than most at feeling your pain, Walking wounded through the stars tonight, we wander the plains, Pointing pistols at the dawn. Never looked into your eyes this long, with a dollars worth of...

One day you blew across the water after racing through the countdown, Spewing ancient wisdom like your friend the revelation had come, And they were looking for me. I took the red-eye back to glory...

You don't think that I tried for you? I went into disguise for you. So, of course, almost no one knew. You don't think there was payment due? I blew up in the sky for you. Anyone who saw it knew. But...

Sing what you're worth, dinner is served, open your eyes, Most of us prizefighters will fall for fashion. But who of us here wants to look back, just to realize That most of us prizefighters will fall...

He was tied to the bed with a miracle drug in one hand, In the other, a great lost novel that, I understand, was returned with a stamp That said "thank you for your interest, young man."...