The Tower

from Beneath shallow pools in summer air by ALTAIR 231

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the tower
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first heard it down in fuchsia branch
tape made of sand and plastic caps

girl sadly singing in the dark
tape made of sand and plastic caps
I took the freeway late at night
to your wooden room ten stories high

I played the tape six dozen times
into white noise, nonexistence

the garbage dump would never take
tape made of sand and plastic caps
I built a tower for it all
a hollow bastion for it all

a starry sky, I checked it twice for any sign of me
six neons lights installed upon your bitter jealousy
tragedy, dependency, you'd be
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a jolt, a pop, a hiss; a point at which you'd cease to be
a moment of, I'd always dreamed, of sudden bravery
tragedy, dependency, you'd be
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distort, decay, decline

distort

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from Beneath shallow pools in summer air, released April 15, 2013

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Minimal rock + Electronics from San Jose, CA.

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