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Swish of the Pendulum

from Such a Silly Thing by James Jefferys

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James Jefferys - Swish of the Pendulum

I didn’t pluck the flower, mama
And Christ knows, I tried
It was locked tight like Excalibur,
To the Earth too closely tied.
I sailed across a milky dust
Gripped my stallion’s throbbing neck
Does perverse disturb the universe
Is the stone rolled by the speck?

Photons fell rough and sandy on my face
Each one taken there
By a galloping mare
The last pea pushed around my plate

I’m the fly, the spider, moth
Look blindly for the light
But the Earth just sighs
And doesn’t even try to shrug me off

The outlines of the buildings
Smudged a neon blur across
My eyes as I hitchhiked through the city

I’d hate to be there on the day
They decide to tear it down
There’s a little mother in all of us,
One who makes A Game…


Out of dodging the swish of the pendulum,
And whistles like a doomed canary
To mask the noise that tries to scare me

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from Such a Silly Thing, released February 6, 2019

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