we were baptised here and we will die here

[RiverNotch]

you know, we had saints
who rode down many jews

only now does everyone
come to speak, they feel they've been

only now, when the jig
makes way for the morris

in truth, such fences
only rise when the walls

in the same coaches
to the same smokestacks

by anyone other than
the self-appointed watch

of the houses of the lots
they divide have been replaced

entirely with glass,
it's unseemly to be seen

straining for a shit
or undressing for the night

and the swords, they are sharp,
and the dancers, they are klutzes

coerced by all these news reports
they always should have seen

just as we had saints
who rode with the jews

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you know, we had saints
who rode down many jews
just as we had saints
who rode with the jews
in the same coaches
to the same smokestacks

only now does everyone
come to speak, they feel they've been
coerced by all these news reports
they always should have seen

only now, when the jig
makes way for the morris
and the swords, they are sharp,
and the dancers, they are klutzes

in truth, such fences
only rise when the walls
of the houses of the lots
they divide have been replaced
entirely with glass,

it's unseemly to be seen
straining for a shit
or undressing for the night
by anyone other than
the self-appointed watch