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Flying Trapeze

from Nigh Chaparral IV by Nigh Chaparral

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Now we dance around the fumaroles
Ice is scattered from the poles
We may as well be anthracite
Burning in eternal night
Once again a mystery
Is what it was revealed to be
The rocks rain down like bullets now
Sent from a galactic cloud
Nothing out there makes a sound
Until it all comes crashing down
Thence all of our brilliant schemes
Vanish just like last night’s dreams
Into the glare of Market Street
Dirty as a chimney sweep
The pious souls all dig for gold
Bones line the paths cut into rocks so cold

Where the effect begets the cause
The little space between the laws
Calls to mind a hidden copse
Into a pool a stream of water drops
Buildings now stand all around
Like where our bodies were impounded
While they set to work on us
Never a matter of who to trust
You would remember the summertime
The strangeness of the carnival rides
Nauseating jerks & glides
Caught up in the confusing guises
Cotton candy carnivores
Roman candle bottle rocket wars
Beads of sweat upon your skin
Whatever it is, let’s do it again

A curious eye in the corner of mine
the meandering mind of a vagabonds child

Waiting in line for a line on a wall
another cantation we shall have it all

At variable speeds on a flying trapeze
a tumultous day when you throw it away

If your heart is devout then you will go without
that is the void that will nullify doubt

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from Nigh Chaparral IV, released May 1, 2020

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Nigh Chaparral Portland, Oregon

Nigh Chaparral was started in Stockholm in the aughts by Jason Breeden (Susurrus Station, Oscilero), Oskar Moberg (Thulebasen) and Sara Johanne (Pikara), tinted by a nostalgia for an imaginary America. It has continued in a similar spirit with others, including Andre Coberly (Night Mechanic), Mae Starr, Monte Trent Allen, Gilles (Rllrbll), and Galen Ballinger (Dumb Balloon). ... more

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