THE EMPTY PEDESTAL by Andrew Freiman
rocks like rain / heads covered in respect for the silent flight / in fear of age old
faces
gold for gold / + blood for revolution
he changed his mind / in front of the s tore:
looking through the / glass for the 5:00 OCLCK news
he said gold for gold + blood for blood
there is always an / outside even when we
are outside it is / still there.
Millions
of cars
124 million /
125 MORE bil lions
MAN he knew that / still does he knows
how else would the / world spin so quickly (
lovingly ( dependably / ) )
Does he care? / this is the most
important time
he will ever remember
Light / Darkness / Darkness + silence +
Lights and fans mo- memories like words
ving Darkness and that everyone has /
silence / Lights and forgotten (buildings on
fans moving + the fire / groups of people
computers roaring screaming / carrying different
in the corners / of appliances through the street
every house he ha- / only the youngest speak
s ever seen. english / ) Blackouts and
crying / other countries
fleeing for their lives.
LOOK!
(he always / said this
(m t w th f s su)
always:
I DON'T WANT TO
[ but some things are changing ]
) his mother yelling across the atlantic:
WHAT? DON'T WANT
TO DO WHAT?
TO HAVE CHOICE?
TO HAVE CHOICE?
IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT
MY SON WILL HAVE IT IS
CHOICE!
YES he has
one / of course / he does
don't be too
presumptuous
so: rocks in the air / the news on the screen
promises / promises / centuries / centuries / centuries
choices like this:
whenever
whatever
whyever
she says
[ there's a pause, she decides / what to say / next ]
this is just a period of / growth
this neighborhood is nothing
this whole world is nothing w/out you
we have been reduced to this
they everyone / raised their head to look north
south west / + turn around
WAS it east?
(the sun behind them) of course / we
all know which
direction it was <<<they
WERE
praying
so: head raised : sun at our / backs rocks in the air
he stands half stranded / just outside of being
outside + he stares / forever at what he
was told to be death / + he rethinks the earlier proposition:
does it have to be I wonder / like this / gold at all
GOLD from me / gold from you ( BLOOD at all
( blood from me ( blood from you ) ) )
does it have to be?
all of the birds misshapen / not even
in the sky not / grounded not flying
all the birds / everywhere
does it have to be
//ww
faces
gold for gold / + blood for revolution
he changed his mind / in front of the s tore:
looking through the / glass for the 5:00 OCLCK news
he said gold for gold + blood for blood
there is always an / outside even when we
are outside it is / still there.
Millions
of cars
124 million /
125 MORE bil lions
MAN he knew that / still does he knows
how else would the / world spin so quickly (
lovingly ( dependably / ) )
Does he care? / this is the most
important time
he will ever remember
Light / Darkness / Darkness + silence +
Lights and fans mo- memories like words
ving Darkness and that everyone has /
silence / Lights and forgotten (buildings on
fans moving + the fire / groups of people
computers roaring screaming / carrying different
in the corners / of appliances through the street
every house he ha- / only the youngest speak
s ever seen. english / ) Blackouts and
crying / other countries
fleeing for their lives.
LOOK!
(he always / said this
(m t w th f s su)
always:
I DON'T WANT TO
[ but some things are changing ]
) his mother yelling across the atlantic:
WHAT? DON'T WANT
TO DO WHAT?
TO HAVE CHOICE?
TO HAVE CHOICE?
IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT
MY SON WILL HAVE IT IS
CHOICE!
YES he has
one / of course / he does
don't be too
presumptuous
so: rocks in the air / the news on the screen
promises / promises / centuries / centuries / centuries
choices like this:
whenever
whatever
whyever
she says
[ there's a pause, she decides / what to say / next ]
this is just a period of / growth
this neighborhood is nothing
this whole world is nothing w/out you
we have been reduced to this
they everyone / raised their head to look north
south west / + turn around
WAS it east?
(the sun behind them) of course / we
all know which
direction it was <<<they
WERE
praying
so: head raised : sun at our / backs rocks in the air
he stands half stranded / just outside of being
outside + he stares / forever at what he
was told to be death / + he rethinks the earlier proposition:
does it have to be I wonder / like this / gold at all
GOLD from me / gold from you ( BLOOD at all
( blood from me ( blood from you ) ) )
does it have to be?
all of the birds misshapen / not even
in the sky not / grounded not flying
all the birds / everywhere
does it have to be
//ww