10. Babylon

from Monkey Brain by Volvo Physics

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In ancient bablyon
there stood a tower
where all
the verbally
precocious children
would gather
to swap stories
about
their lives up till now
until one day
the tower came
Yahweh
had shut them out

God wouldn't
give a fig
for language
He only cares
about physics
and mathematics
so if you
like to write
tonight
is not your night
and every other
night will also
suck forever

in Jerusalem
there lives a dude
he's been there since
the old days
when the stars
were low
and the sun was hot
and dry and bright
and every day
and every night
we'd praise
the ground
and praise the sky
and life was life
and that was fine

and you and I
would laze around
our clothes strewn
on the packed-mud ground
we'd pound flesh
to flesh in a hot
sweaty mess of
florid hallucination
in the summers
taking walks in
the winters

still alive
still alive
in this moment at least
i am still alive

thank you
to all my
friends
for listening to my nonsense
you know I love you
I hope you love me back
thank you friends
thank you friends
for listening to my
nonsense

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from Monkey Brain, released September 14, 2017

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