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Swing down low secret satellite postmark the chosen accordingly oh ultra-rare celestial overnight shepherd give us this day, a swift soulful deliverance a benign alien ancestral upgrade ascendancy anoint our self-addressed ephemeral contents our dark star trapdoor prescription confection fragile synapse dimmer switch, collapsed flower gently swaying genetic Xmas bulb twinkle strand forgive us our silly science fiction, silver costumery conspiracy chat rooms and little green man appliqué look beyond tales of abduction, ubiquitous anal probe twisted wishful thinking dressed as repressed memory to the righteous crew assembled here before you now castrated, in jumpsuits, with new sneakers and no hair our slim reward radiating up to mothership connection dry seeds cast over barren farm, cliché urban barricades identical souls rising in orderly semi-alphabetical fashion transcending celebrity autopsy, nude clergy confessional murdering debutante diary, nuclear family incest bunkers perfumed fashion supplement stapled to the last decency clouded minds cleansed to meet your exacting standards we have survived the required earthbound basic training drank zero gravity binges inside back alley lunar lounges smoked glamorous crack with full corporate sponsorship bred diminishing return, soldiered in fortuitous ignorance traded integrity for impulse, sold the remains to Geraldo finally blossomed into basic building block genetic icons white fast food regret tossed from a passing car window cast amid lottery tickets, beer bottle spittle, vodka nips blown onto the weed and rail, trace remains of promise while new ditches fill up with discarded skeletal rentals designer fashion, the most desirable of personal effects and the poor snake, having devoured its celebrated tail contemplates the foolish heart and stubborn head while we wait in vain for higher-state spacemen to recognize our grace, our purity of intent and swing down low in a secret satellite to beam us all up, hallelujah, etc. ---- |
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