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Orogenic

by Branch Immersion

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1.
awake to hear a penguin's crow as the frost bites hard on the dew pour snow capped milk on morning flakes an ice coated postcard-like view greet the day with a sanguine glow and lust for the twelve months ahead the total feels like a baker's dozen but doesn't mean we should survive on their bread. the hibernating heat is still fast asleep dawn with a blue sky in january hours are adrenaline flow a quick three score minutes rush by each melting breath is forgotten in turn but their warmth is not in short supply the hibernating heat is still fast asleep dawn with a blue sky in january
2.
Reliably first to arrive Every morning as Smooth-running as the last He’s an armchair general semi-retired But he’s fully on guard With a bald head and a finely groomed moustache He was there, one of the first over there They took care, they took care of everything Duty bound, with honour and fidelity No dirty wounds, with his declared identity He reads and needs the news Catches forty winks as an undercover snooze Dreaming of heavily polished shoes A yarn mop twirls on tiled floors Dancing a Viennese To the sound of his bunch of jangling keys He was there, one of the first over there They took care, they took care of everything Duty bound, with honour and fidelity No dirty wounds, with his declared identity His past marked in regimented lines Of engraved stone sundials These seasoned veterans reminisce Oh how he is missed Reluctantly last to go home He sets the alarm Love is a four digit code
3.
Wilder Shore 02:44
Two hours before we set sail for Spain We took on a passenger He didn't tell us his name And we didn't ask The sun shone down As we left port And a favourable wind drew us out To the dark green water Towards the storm Cast me adrift on a raging storm Or I'll crash your raft on a wilder shore Sink bereft of hope Or beg for mercy from my maker This man has brought a curse upon us We mistook this faithless traveller He'll bring us nothing but pain So we have one last task The only thing That we can do To save ourselves Is throw him to The depths of the deep blue sea. Cast me adrift on a raging storm Or I'll crash your raft on a wilder shore Sink bereft of hope Or beg for mercy from my maker
4.
As the traffic lights turn to a passionate red Knowingly notes are commanding your moves No U-turns allowed is what the sign said Change your direction is what you should do Feet follow footsteps your heart does the rest It beats out the music calling you East Turn off the road that is taking you West And think of the people your talents will meet Forget not the faces from where you came Your roots are the strongest asset you own Should you want to wander Westwards again The fruits of journey will guide you home Make sure that you master the art to decide Regret races after those who do not try
5.
Freckle 03:24
there is a park freckles spread on autumn's lawn the mowed green acts as a welcoming carpet rolled out for their annual ceremony their guests approach an apple wears a robe of toffee in formal dress sweet candy floss dons a pink flamingo skirt shows off her skinny legs sit on a shaded bench the summit where observers perch, unwind and see floral arm rests camouflage their shape under a sleeveless canopy take a dip in the pool trickles drool from the fountain's pipe a lotus rides the porcelain kitchen sink of white water foaming at the mouth
6.
moving target bolts the foundry pipes of molten brass rolling splendour belching shrapnel drills erupting gas hop on the train and take me where fossils are born in a breaker's yard the origin of an indelible track take me back where the sequence starts again hauling thunder bridges buckled falling under cloud dogged engine sheds the carriage lightening up the load hop on the train and take me where fossils are born in a breaker's yard the origin of an indelible track take me back where the sequence starts again steam conductor cleans the fixtures shines their face like coal furnace dweller boils the water scalds each droplet's toes tooting fanfare blows a gasket shovelling the sound rattling tunnels bore the gravel burn the feral ground hop on the train and take me where fossils are born in a breaker's yard the origin of an indelible track take me back where the sequence starts again
7.
In a single encounter She coils the spring in my step A heel of wound metal That turns around my week She curbs my roving eyes with Rope which makes my heart skip She puts the rusty petals Of roses back in my cheeks No awkward words are spoken At the tip of my tongue they jump A tacit glance intended To say more than they could Her look is returned to Harness my faith as it leaps If time could be suspended I'd freeze this moment for good
8.
Empty all your pockets of coins, cards or anything else of worth Desire a long list of disposable gifts that'll cost the earth Plenty to discard from a compost store in the meadow Refit required at extortionate price to show off the goods. Buy one get one free All consuming spree Pay for what you've spent Sell your discontent Wrap it up in cellophane and tie it in a ribbon Your genorous smile conceals what you have just given Tear apart the sellotape with care like a delicate savage Refund on condition of receipt and immaculate packaging Buy one get one free All consuming spree Pay for what you've spent Sell your discontent Save up in a piggy bank or do time in a copper jar When the penny drops it's devoured by a circling loan shark Buy one get one free All consuming spree Pay for what you've spent Sell your discontent Bargain on a retail park to hide from an embargo They'll pack ‘em high and flog ‘em till the seconds are all gone
9.
A hooded man siezed his two-handed axe Wielding a sharpened blade in check mate The only time a king knelt before him It was his duty to decapitate If his palm was crossed with a token of gold He would strike down with one clean blow Two royal shirts were worn to hide shivers of cold From the crowd there to witness the show Wickedness forges torments for itself It will pursue you to a secluded lair Even the trappings of comfort and wealth Can be caught in a remorseful snare The man who brought down the final act Could not hide his pain with veneer He became a beast with a shameful burden He was not locked up, but not in the clear His qualms now followed wherever he went Like a bee doomed after losing its sting As who counsels evil, suffers evil most From the unquiet feeling of killing a king
10.
Structures held up by their scaffolding crutches Timbers are splints for their roofs Eaves hang low grievously loose in the clutches Of attics too shattered to move A mattress is worn so flung out in the garden Its comfortable stint is complete Cut hospital corners from this tarmac yard Silk flowers have sprung from the sheets A trellis supporting the weight of the terrace Fastened with plaster and nails Preserve the street as a resurfaced carcass Water ducts become entrails Traverse the avenue swerving the sunken well Buckets and rope sabotaged Skipping interior needs feeds the groundswell Bursting refurbished mirage
11.
Lashes 02:28
12.
On the tall rack behind the counter A tempting shortcut to lasting happiness Pick up two pence Simply peel away the silver layer Match three identical symbols to succeed Reveal the girl of your dreams Aspire to propose in paradise You must be over sixteen years of age to play Fingers crossed It deals a hand to hold forever Play responsibly,there is no second place, there is no going back Attach clean respectable souls without a hitch Scratch each and every itch Retire to a caravan in Camelot You must be over sixteen years of age to play
13.
The Settler 02:23
Pick to eat or leave to rot It matters not Understand Seeds will settle on the land
14.
Close your eyes I'll sing you to sleep All your dreams Are yours to keep Turn lights low Let the day go Before you know You're there

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released February 28, 2012

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