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The Measure

from Lookout by Scott Pinkmountain

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The Measure

Sacred muse, speak to me, or through me, against me, whatever it be.
Use me ‘til I’m nothing but a ragged spent shell.
Ignore me, deplore me. Whore me, door to door me.
I’ll split it with you 60-40 whatever I sell.

I try to listen close. I crane to hear the ghost,
While it whispers freely to everyone else.
But I don’t catch a word it’s saying. No gossip, no cussing, no praying.
I only hear an echo of my boring old self.

So a jealous salute to the strong. I long to sing your song.
Some plush chorale, a bonfire in the rain, no refrain.
A familial nod to the meek, in greater numbers each week.
Our music too is beautiful, but it all sounds the same.

I sank my sword to the hilt in a castle only you could have built.
It was perfect, lord, and begging for ruin.
I knew it was a crime, but oh, she was sublime.
You’ll take your vengeance pound for pound from me, I presume.

A swarm of insects flying, either feeding, mating or trying.
Mostly they’ll be dead before the dawn.
Am I supposed to feel each death as something real?
If so, you never switched that part of me on.

What constitutes a life? A job, a house, a wife?
Some friends to call so I don’t drink alone?
If so, then I’ve succeeded. Gathered far more than I needed.
But my instinct says there’s nothing, no nothing yet known.

In blush the sun does drop. I rush to catch my thoughts,
Only to discover I’ve nothing to add.

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from Lookout, released February 11, 2014

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Scott Pinkmountain (aka Scott Rosenberg) is an American musician and a writer. Over the past 20 years, he has recorded and performed extensively in the U.S. and Europe with many excellent musicians including Anthony Braxton, Jacopo Andreini, Gino Robair, Sam Coomes, Arrington Di Dionyso, Phil Minton, Jaap Blonk, Pauline Oliveros, Tim Daisy, Nate Wooley, and others. ... more

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