three small songs for gladys hindmarch

language is or was or has been has been said before i did say once as gertrude did commas are disgusting little things such sucks she did did not say said they do things for you you should do for yourself they make you lazy ruling out commas what did i say was it yesterday or the day before sitting on this plane drunk there is this nun behind this guy is badgering says he knows something about her he will tell her later but he knows her late or early sitting up i'm tired no well okay this one time son sure you can stay up & listen to the radio tomorrow i'll step off to continue as words or language does that sense of it continually run together in our heads articulate the causal separations when the baby comes the silver spoon screaming from the mouth we are blessed all that is best & wonderful
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up is down
as down is up
a cradle & a rug in a rain storm
a g & an f
an r of seeing you
being with you
m & p
hot tumble heart pin
just best can't chin show
loving & knowing
stumble
speech is speech is speech
a pumpkin &
a tunnel a
tornado
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images imagine packages this is the way it is yesterday the wind blew today the sky is blue if the wind blows does the sky blow
this is a story i mentioned before imagine the imagination can you this is how you begin the image is imagination dear gladys today the sky is without form it is colour only or imagine how the sky's form is imaginary (it is) as saint ory told me that was a different story i could not imagine then
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a small window completely filled with blue the action is from left to right imagine someone walks thru a saint addresses you |
this is the way i sing my song this is the way you write the tune imagine imagining imagining can you
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