In an Emancipated Tone

This is no Cry Freedom
This is Shout at the Devil
Crossed with Say a Little Prayer
This is frigid renunciation
This is As Good As It Gets
Surrender
Journey
Pretenders
This is Rhinestone Cowboy
Hungry Hungry Hippo
Sound and Vision

Now that that is out of the way
That that

Home is somewhere forever
Home is lock and key
Home is deliberate
Home as hole

On the last front of Independence
To be joined on the last leg
A mash of soft goods
Progress made by default

See there on the horizon
A bountiful ship
All candy and vibrato
Drizzled with caramel intent

The den mothers lick their lips
Most of us disappear
Unscathed
The rest
Eat brittle
And humble pie
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9/4/08