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Modern Miracle

by Deathless Gods with Human Bods

on 123456789 (2017)

Ritual procession down toward 24th
Moral needle quivering nearer to my north
Pay my respects to the book of the dead
Buy avocados the size of my head

Pace the same stasis that I've paced before
Pray to Joan of Arc and the dinosaurs
An ancient city like me's no fun at parties
Nobody cares that you lost the damn spelling bee!

Coming forth by day
No love for LA

No sage for ages, no quail anywhere
I scrape the ground for what I know can't grow there
When I find it lacking, I blame myself
I know it's silly, but welcome to my hell

I know what I know
I can't let go

"Way back when, the move from 78s to vinyl records let people listen longer, and the cassette tape made music portable. Over the past decade, the mp3 has yanked music free from any physical format entirely."

"But all that was yesterday. Here's today, look closely:"

I found a foreign land–
Not ors but ampersands
Not oars but just our hands
Pushing the sea away

Modern miracle, modern miracle
Modern miracle, modern miracle