damn everything but the circus

from pretty fast golden dirt bike by Jen Taylor

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damn everything but the circus
damn everything not behind the curtains

keep your eyes on things way up high
there is always a woman who knows how to fly
find your seat in the circle
you won't believe your eyes
there are clowns who act silly
to hide that they are wise

and a clown's only problem
his solutions make new ones
and he's got a wound as big as his shoes
taught him to

damn everything but the circus
damn everything, even these curtains
certain things lead you home
certain things leave you lonesome

"when ancestral kings corrupted their captains
and the church blessed both captains and kings
the court jester got laughs simply sniffing the air
implying that the stink in the herring begins in its head

in such times it's not surprising to find
men and women crowding the nightclubs
in hopes of seeing somebody sniff the air
in such times clowns become witnesses"

in such times kings live in fear
i will meet you here
we can damn everything but the circus...
...even these curtains
give me something to believe in
give me something i can wrap a dream in

keep your eyes on things way up high
there is always a woman who knows how to fly
she says things are curious from the sky
nothing is blurry but i am speeding by
she is one hungry angel, her heart is mostly cold
somebody should have loved her better long ago
taught her to

damn everything but...

cassiopeia has her favorite stars
she's gonna fly there, got wings on her car
because she damns everything but the circus
damns everything even these curtains
things are curious from the sky
nothing is blurry but i'm speeding by

(in quotes: poem by Nelson Algren. title from e.e. cummings poem)

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from pretty fast golden dirt bike, released August 21, 2014

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Jen Taylor East Haddam, Connecticut

Jen Taylor is a musician, Co-Executive Director of The Sanctuary (a solar-powered 501c-3), and Artistic Director of OmFly (re-wilding for domesticated times through circus arts, trapeze & flying yoga).

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