I saw a public green this afternoon
and while it didn’t linger long in my view
the sky turned to a womb
and a vague feeling bloomed
but one that reason could not subsume
it made me wonder
has the sight or sound of a river
ever cleansed my soul and had peace delivered
is it just a poetic image that’s been traded
and trickled down throughout the ages
and now leans across my pages
as empty as the wages of a monk?
has it ever been that able
to really be as transcendental
as I wanted my listeners to believe?
I suppose the effects are yet to be seen
is that perhaps what I should glean
from the sight of the public green?
There was ample room under the lofty words I used to spout
Now I’m scraping my scalp on the roof of my mouth
cramped atop the pulpit i erected from platitudes to lend credit to my sermon of doubt
it’s never been the mountain top, the river’s flow
or the ripple’s gleam
it’s the spaces in between
it’s the
table, clean, it’s the linoleum’s scream,
it’s the public green the public green the public
credits
from Low Temperature Civics,
released July 24, 2015
All songs written and performed by Low Temperature Civics.
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