Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Deus Ex Machina

Your clockwork heart
beats out time

Activated by a spring

Wound up by hands
that really love you

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Strings and pulleys
move the scenes

And smoke and mirrors
hide the actors

Underneath the trap door
there's a magic made-up monster

Waiting for his cue
to make his entrance

At that moment of great tension
He comes when you least expect it

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He's the one who loves you most
He comes just when you least expect it

That's the way the story goes

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He'll grab you by your little toe

He'll make you jump out of your skin

He'll take you shake you then begin
with kitchen knife and rolling pin
to cut you up and make you thin

Then put you in a baking tin
and cook you

Till you're crisp and crunchy

Like a biscuit for his lunch
he'll munch you down

With a pinch and a punch

You'll wish you never had the hunch
that he'd be waiting for you

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He'll stop the clock
with a wave of his hand

He'll do it just because he can

For what reason
no one knows

That's just the way the story goes

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He'll grab you by your little toe

He'll make you jump out of your skin

He'll take you shake you then begin
with kitchen knife and rolling pin
to cut you up and make you thin

Then put you in a baking tin
and cook you

Till you're crisp and crunchy

Like a biscuit for his lunch
he'll munch you down

With a pinch and a punch

You'll wish you never had the hunch
that he'd be waiting for you

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