coelacanth

And we act like artists like, like, Banksy or like artists who do- Or like how Unus Annus has- they made these videos for a year Then deleted it from their YouTube channel now, like And like all this temporary art is celebrated as like, as like, it's like "Oh, they did it because it's, you know, like, it's, it's destroyed once it's like done." It's like, it's like, first off, it's not really destroyed Because someone's ripped all those like YouTube videos Someone has a picture of that Banksy piece, like It's not like-, there's several things about it But here's what interests me more What about the artists who did that? If, or like, like, captured it, y'know 'Cause it's not like it's a new concept, y'know Or like, uh- If-, if it- The ghost rots away In the embrace Of its own gaze In automatic cycles and habits Paper the mirrors, closed eyes see clearer Die cut my shadow into the drywall Ego at half-mast, gas masks and hazmats Chemical war Children were singing Animals bleating Markets and town square In dissonant fanfare Laughs at the gallows A truce in the trenches Guards at the fences Saying, "All that you're seeking won't be found here" Goodbye, mayfly Fly from still water How long I have loved you How long have I loved you? Goodbye, mayfly Call it a bad dream How long I have loved you How long have I loved you? Skin to walk into Warm blood to fill you A heart with a glass door All that you asked for From family nexus to family nexus Vox populi, vox dei Held like a headwound Violence will free you Heart with a glass door All that you asked for, coming to you