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Catastrophe Hits

by Broken Chanter

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1.
I need to change The air in my lungs Smash my TV, cut off my phone and let go A friendly face To grin at the times To feed you a line, throw you a rope, then let go They hear it all of the time, they’re indifferent Bring something stirring to mind to feel relevant Slight arcs of light on a ruin of a monument Bring on dancing skeletons to clear everything Happy to ride A wave of disdain Attentions run short, the cat’s on the table again I want to see The change in their eyes Understand where power lies, and make them afraid again They hear it all of the time, they’re indifferent Bring something stirring to mind to feel relevant Slight arcs of light on a ruin of a monument Bring on dancing skeletons to clear everything History taught, a grotesque of a pantomime Crabs in a bucket lick boots lined with ermine Butchers dress windows with their vegetarian line Send on dancing skeletons to clear everything
2.
I felt drunk the first time I saw fireflies I can’t recall ever seeing fireflies The click of an indicator close to home Your breath on the window as you drowse alone Too many missed calls on a fractured phone Nobody said it would be easy to Allow yourself to feel love Allow yourself to feel loved Caught in the background of someone else’s photograph Why are they watching? Who is it for? What was that laugh? The click of an indicator close to home Your breath on the window as you drowse alone Too many questions on a replacement phone Nobody said it would be easy to Allow yourself to feel loved Allow yourself to be loved Allow yourself to feel loved Allow yourself to be loved
3.
Bidh na beathaichean beaga còmhla comasach air na beathaichean mòra ìthe. Ith làn do bhìdh [Together, the small beasts can eat the big beasts. Eat your fill!]
4.
Nights are short in a commuter town You still curse the day they broke ground For the first time in a while You don’t want to waltz with the waves So come down off your cross and give us a shot You’re perfectly happy more often than not You’ve given it all and it all is a lot But where you go now is an intrusive thought, Is it not? They get to say “That’s the way now” If you complain “That’s the way now” Hear them explain “That’s the way now” After years, you’ve yet to realise You are far from biding your time The world turns and you don’t feel a thing We share nods but we’re not listening So come down off your cross and give us a shot You’re perfectly happy more often than not The days that start off with ineffable loss You’re quick to stamp down, ignore, and brush-off Are you not? They get to say “That’s the way now” If you complain “That’s the way now” Hear them explain “That’s the way now” The lights disappear on the ground Embrace the pines, the weeds, and the sound The world turns and I feel it again Shred my notes, shred my mail, tell my friends So come down off your cross and give us a shot You’re perfectly happy more often than not You’ve given it all and it all is a lot But where you go now is an intrusive thought, Is it not? They get to say “That’s the way now’ If you complain “That’s the way now” Hear them explain “That’s the way now” Tonight, I’m not around So long! I’m not around Tonight, I’m not around So long! I’m not around
5.
Filaments 02:02
I try and I try and I try Motorway lights adorn you But filaments can’t adore you This is no way to get by But I try and I try and I try This is no way to get by Still I try and I try and I try
6.
Pulled from this mess just in time Sleek decorations in line Your past gets altered And told to you again Keep moving Keep moving Keep moving Gripping the sink way too tight Staring through the ceiling at night Your age reflected In days that form a tide Keep moving Keep moving Keep moving I listened but didn’t learn Cared but what use is concern? Comfy inaction Will set about no change Keep moving Keep moving Keep moving Help isn’t on the way Despite what your horoscope says My knight in armour Is fresh hell in a tin can Keep moving Keep moving Keep moving With one look, A sad display Undid the good I’d done that day
7.
Where’s this comet? I need a rest now Years of “progress” Bleeding over now Can’t skip the adverts Come get your t-shirts now Billionaire rocketmen Got me rooting for the vacuum of space Community policing Punching communities square in the face Can’t skip the adverts Come get your t-shirts now The sooner it takes The sooner it ends Hold onto your friends Hold onto your friends America’s a nightmare The Brits are jealous of the Land of the Free Draped in bunting and Free to die of a treatable disease Can’t skip the adverts Come get your t-shirts now Beware of the hand That fixes the lens Hold onto your friends Hold onto your friends The sooner we start The sooner it ends Organise with your friends Organise with your friends
8.
Horse Island 03:40
Six dogs have chased me the length of this island The horse seems amused but it’s keeping its eyes down Six County Man wants to check my position The cost of this drink comes with terms and conditions You’re standing outside smoking in twilight You left me in a ditch married to the starlight You’re unstill and flickering Ceaseless and shivering Shampoo the dishes and blinding the children Moss on a headland in lieu of a bedroom Farmland’s electric for clifftop detectives You’re standing outside smoking in twilight You left me in a ditch married to the starlight Some of it’s gone Some of it’s new Some of it’s past Some of it’s soon As I remember Clear and hopeful But time dilutes And mislays the old us Some of it’s gone Some of it’s new Some of it’s past Some of it’s soon Six dogs have chased me the length of this island The horse is amused but it’s keeping its eyes down Six County man wants to check my position The cost of this drink comes with terms and conditions
9.
Watching the streetlights come on You’re looking at me like I’m dying Fast food; parked car I’d say you’re wrong, but I’d be lying I need someone watching over me I don’t like what’s calling out to me Feeling the rainfall pattern my skin You’re looking at me and you’re crying I need someone watching over me I don’t like what’s calling out to me I don’t like what I hear calling me I think I might want what’s calling me
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released October 29, 2021

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