Under Wraps

The money won't last forever ---
rent man called twice today.
I hope some day you'll find me
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She smiles at me
from beyond the eastern sea-shore.
Flashing jewelled eyes,
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In and out of shady places ---
walking on cold corners of the maze.
Following the trace you leave unwittingly.
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The middle lane has trapped my car in red-light claustrophobia. I slip the shackles, cut the rope --- stand naked with a telescope as the cat walks alone under a big sky. Against the dark so thin and white --- gonna be a big sky night. Miss Galileo, come with me and view the new Astronomy. Black hole dressing on salad plate --- quasar at the kissing gate. Now the cat, he walks alone under a big sky. Umbrella dome pin-pricked in lights --- gonna be a big sky night. My spectacles, my white lab coat --- my coffee, thermos and my notes. I pat my pockets. I got the keys to the secrets of the observatory. And closing the door, I feel a new dawn as the darker slides align --- you to yours and me to mine. And now you stand, assisting me --- I can touch what I can see, see, see. I look in wonder, I feel no shame --- see the consequences of the game. Expand the universe. Head for the Big Bang. Reach for my switch and shout --- gonna turn the big sky out. There's got to be astronomy. Astronomy.
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Short Arctic desert day ---
and someone left their snow-shoes in the tundra.
Look around every which way
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Black Volga following me ---
Nobody's car.
Mr. No-one at the wheel of
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When the rats are running
and the boys are gunning
for heads on a tin plate ---
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Keep it quiet. (go slow.)
Circulate. need to know.
Stamp the date upon your file ---
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Paparazzi, can't make the man.
Paparazzi, can't break the man.

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Sailing round the true-blue sphere---
is it too late to bale out of here?
Well, there has to be some better way
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In the hands of science ---
the complete appliance.
We're moved to motor.
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