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Imperial Staircase

Double helix fire escape
Twin traps of time and space
Imperial Staircase
Rope ladder to nowhere
A voice in the darkness
A light that once shown there
With infinite patience
Rebuild the transmitter
Imperial Staircase
My name David Grammar
It's crimson, it's cardinal,
Red in green lantana
It merged with my spinal cord
A purple vine up the brain stem
And it felt like we were speaking
And then I stopped to listen in
Holding onto the railing
I could see the antenna
I kept moving forward
Must relay the message
I've intercepted
Now it's decoding me
Gelatinous yellow sickness
My name is Davey Grammar
And I am a witness
To atrocities committed by the United States government
The murder of innocent
Women and children
Hungry ghost war machines
Zero sum economies
I don't know what to believe
Mostly not anything
Through lattice work lightning I can see
The Imperial Staircase
waiting to envelop me
Take me up in your wrought iron arms
Double helix spinal braid
Imperial staircase
Two sides of the same face

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Matthew H. Welch Baltimore, Maryland

Songmaker, Singer, Guitar Player, Producer for SIGINT. Formerly of the Aviary and Pedge. Poetic Rock and Roll From A Future.

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