On Thursday Tom Smarda and Steve came over to rehearse for our feature as Christian and the Lions at Nik Beat’s Open Stage. We all met later at the Indigo Café. Rocky Capano came for the first time as our bass player but he didn’t know the songs. It was a bit of a fiasco. No one could hear themselves play and Steve’s mic wasn’t loud enough but I was good. Tom brought Vicky and they looked cute together. Judy came. Yuri Kuzinsky was there and gave me my script of his play for our upcoming performance at the Green Room. Yehudah Cullman came by and told me he loved my songs “Angeline” and “Tropic of Ulcer”.
Tropic of Ulcer
Homogenized dreams of exotic lifestyles
are strobing our attentions at the speed of light while
we're drawn into a whirlpool of promises
of brightly plumed & pretty experiences
whose undertows will drag us down a thousand drains
sucking what breath that’s remaining right out of our wheezing brains
Well they say
"Smoke this smoke
& you can have this Girl"
"Drink this drink
You'll be on top of the world"
"Wear this dress
and you can bag your man"
"Use this cream
and you'll be younger again"
They'll use Bible illustrations of Paradise
to dangle a hot-dog in front of you dressed in a carrot's disguise
They'll use Bible illustrations of Paradise
to dangle a hot-dog in front of you dressed in a carrot's disguise
Emptily we gaze into the shimmering light shows
planted round the clock between our foreheads' furrows
until their velvet roots begin to intertwine
with our vanity's veins in a twisted design
Prosthetics of the ego help us limp away
to an all-expenses-paid imaginary holiday
Well they say
"Drive this car
and you'll have sex-appeal"
"Take this pill see how much better you feel"
"Buy this scam Tony Robbins'll free ya"
"Buy this song"
Well there's an idea
They'll use Bible illustrations of Paradise
to dangle a hot-dog in front of you dressed in a carrot's disguise
They'll use Bible illustrations of Paradise
to dangle a hot-dog in front of you dressed in a carrot's disguise
They'll use Bible illustrations of Paradise
to dangle a hot-dog in front of you dressed in
a
dangle a hot-dog in front of you dressed in a
dangle a hot-dog in front of you dressed in a carrot's
disguise
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