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Grid Systematic

from Taking Backroads Home by Errol Hem

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Analytical arrangements veining a frame
A cyclical display of charades, creation and trade
Deja vu mazes each day
Landscapes laid out with stone and slate, scraping the angels' stage
Aging foundations flaked with decay
Veiled and replaced with the same arrays
Keep playing in the game in the name of gain
Retrace steps laid by the dream-drained lead legs of the restrained head-cases before
(Pushing forward and foraging for a little more)
Freeze-framed endgames set the score
(Better sort into the system they envision for)
Eat, pray, let's wait, but death's in store
(Any second could deliver war, bring the storm)
Keep straight, tread safe though these streets may bend, break or end they lead a legion of eager creatures who seek
(Salvation, fame, you name it)
Be discrete when you leave the sheep to be freed
(Such a break would disgrace what's sacred)
Sweet relief is a deep duct but it needs to free up space

Cremate rerun traits that lead astray the feet once placed at tree trunk pace beneath the sun's gaze
Mundane but just love-stained enough to unchain and jump the lane
Among shame, unsung pain becomes great and drums up blame
But from flames, what may rise could apply the divine right of flight to the inside devices trying to climb back to the light
Pass by human-types exuding plight
(Helplessness)
We choose to fight, consuming time
(Self-inflict)
Reuse the felt tip till it dries then just dip it into somebody's ink
It's all one within the grid
(Take it)
But if it isn't fruitful or suitable, get rid of it quick
(Facelift)

No coexistence would be complete without its savages ravaging the labyrinth with tragedies and damages
Rationing contaminants to manufacture servitude
Attach to each establishment a hazard mask and workin' boots
Ambulantic service routes blocked by all the merchantry
Hand the man some worthless loot to qualify emergency
Panoramic surface views quantify the worker bees and show the great divides among us

How can we retain the seeds that keep us here waiting separately?

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from Taking Backroads Home, released April 19, 2013

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