Thursday 13 October 2022

Imperial Fledermaus


I walked up two flights of silver stairs
The crows look very different today
Every moment of truth
You can't compete with it
Suffering

I can't get it now but I can get it

French windows don't open any more
'cause I'm on the outside of time
In silence
Another balloon string held at bay

I can't get it now but I can get it

Sent out into the cold again
But they went off forever
More time to wonder
And I'm beyond redemption

I can't get it now
But I can get it

(A found poem based on one line from the tracks on the Fall's 'Imperial Wax Solvent' album (in track list order) and extra lines from Von Sudenfed's 'Fledermaus Can't Get It')