1. |
bellbird
03:00
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felt the blue of death in a native vale
a bellbird rang
tried to read myself to safety
in another life
a freezing wind cried up the river
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afraid
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2. |
charmed
00:32
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3. |
meatwork
04:21
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4. |
identical
01:45
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saw at least two of them
identical
forever unable to touch
describing the same high winds
the great wheels of stars
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5. |
wish
03:14
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6. |
green dream
00:42
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this one afternoon
back from the beach
my arms full of sandy firewood
and twenty miles of rainbow
arced the lawn
I dropped it all
I stood in a green dream
like a family of one
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7. |
full soup head
06:10
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it was a lot at the end of an auction
cased in fine black leather
an ancient ticket on the side of the box gave instructions
how to boil the head and drink the soup
and as soon as you read them you did
some sleight of hand with vision
and only sad beauty was beauty
and a house you wish you'd never imagined
which at sunset would wake up and go mad
fluttering black silk shreds
in unimaginable winds
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8. |
from the empire
02:12
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it's a long way
from the empire (leaves lie)
just to stuart st
empty mailbox
I hate this place
such a long life
you're - not even here
wanting close (always leaves)
walking the town
talking inside
all night
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9. |
in the taieri
01:24
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10. |
one method
01:50
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method one is a solo heaven
up the river in a boat like a single bed
arms making figure 8's winding through silver living lights
in the the pressure-song of a gentle wind
like a stroke
like a beat
to pull you through the hours
and the points on the riverbank
slip away
like the summer you were dreaming you werereaching out
you were reaching out for a happy ending
you were reaching out for a future lover
reaching out
on another river
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11. |
koterana
08:55
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12. |
lull and make it snow
01:07
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13. |
forest flower
03:10
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forest flower
so funereal
down in Gore
the pipes took him up
into a tin sky
she stroked the wood
touched the world goodbye
like skin
soft earth or forest flower
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alastair galbraith Taieri Mouth, New Zealand
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