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Zebra Speak

from Scatter by This New Basement

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lyrics

Paper is blank, movement is random, form erased
Hand of the artist stays invisible, the effect is realistic
(trapa sllaf eno woh gniwonk)

"an emanation of the desire to love and to be loved,
in the quest of the true human object, and in all the agony in its quest"
"to observe and respect its quiet and slow rhythm,
that is the discipline, to continue to sit"

Grayscale posture, no instruction
One of a pair, not identical
A single figure shows the connection
(ygrene suodnemert evah sthguoht tsrif eht)

"not only an experiment, but a part of the experiment it reports"
"the poem and the person writing the poem"

Nervous fingers cling to the foreground
No edge, almost emptiness
The obvious, the rash, the sudden become frozen
All these flowers in a hidden place, rooted
Human head

If my eyes open
When my eyes open
I'll feed you and me
One eye gone but still hungry

Follow this line
Tracing out the face that's on my mind

In blue and silver ice, hands hold the void
There's a vitality to this invisible object
Curling tendrils of smoke rise in the distance
The inside world creates the outside world

If my eyes open
When my eyes open
Scratch the wall and plead
Grind it down, lick it out fully

Follow this line
Salting the eye
Preservation, love of keeping time
Mummified
Follow this line
Tracing out the face that's on my mind

"Give the paper the colorful coleslaw on your consciousness,
finding a way to reach the rugged edge of thought"

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from Scatter, released May 13, 2021

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