Triple Entendre
The Judge’s Daughter
There was a cruel judge who dealt in dread
Sentencing the living to join the dead
He decreed an annual Athenian feast
Be fed to an unspeakable bull-headed beast
Sacrificed in a cavernous maze
To meet the monster at the end of their days
Sentencing the living to join the dead
He decreed an annual Athenian feast
Be fed to an unspeakable bull-headed beast
Sacrificed in a cavernous maze
To meet the monster at the end of their days
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Night-Sea Swimmer
As far as I can tell the world’s all wet
And I’m paddling without an oar
Survival seems an unsafe bet
With odds so astronomically poor
Oh, you’ll hear tall tales told of shore
But I’ve never met anyone yet
Who can say they’ve been there before
And I’m paddling without an oar
Survival seems an unsafe bet
With odds so astronomically poor
Oh, you’ll hear tall tales told of shore
But I’ve never met anyone yet
Who can say they’ve been there before
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Pulling Strings
We met in booking at the local clink
Making the best of the situation
I’d had a little bit too much to think
Sparking a three-state investigation
Making the best of the situation
I’d had a little bit too much to think
Sparking a three-state investigation
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Mondegreen Stew
There’s more here than meets the ear
More than anyone understands
Like an old story told fourth hand
The only constant is conversion
Everyone hears a different version
Pass it on, pass a ton
Past a one, past we won
More than anyone understands
Like an old story told fourth hand
The only constant is conversion
Everyone hears a different version
Pass it on, pass a ton
Past a one, past we won
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Velvet Valley
Going down to the velvet valley
Where syrup streams come to swell
Going down to tickle my fancy
And to tickle yours as well
Where syrup streams come to swell
Going down to tickle my fancy
And to tickle yours as well
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Bloomin’ Craft
Starseed from wild yonder frontier
Efflorescent effigies made of mirrors
Under the deep blue atmosphere
Sprouting at the bottom of an ocean of air
Efflorescent effigies made of mirrors
Under the deep blue atmosphere
Sprouting at the bottom of an ocean of air
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Blues for Kali
They call Her the Dark Mother
And the Mountain’s Daughter
She’ll sever your head
And deliver up another
Matters may not get better
But they’ll be different all the same
For that chatter don’t matter
And the matter won’t really mind
When you go to leave all the Maya behind
And the Mountain’s Daughter
She’ll sever your head
And deliver up another
Matters may not get better
But they’ll be different all the same
For that chatter don’t matter
And the matter won’t really mind
When you go to leave all the Maya behind
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Bullet Points
I see your pride is well-fortified
As serious as cyanide
Circles of self-justified
Splitting hairs till they won’t divide
I’m not tryin’ to sound too snide
But what you’ve denied wasn’t even implied
As serious as cyanide
Circles of self-justified
Splitting hairs till they won’t divide
I’m not tryin’ to sound too snide
But what you’ve denied wasn’t even implied
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Elysium
Went out tilting at windmills
Across groundless molehills
Tried to hitch a ride to the spectacle
Hangin’ on to the edge of my skull
Across groundless molehills
Tried to hitch a ride to the spectacle
Hangin’ on to the edge of my skull
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Ghost Writer Boogie
Takes a special kind of crazy
To host a ghost in stride
Ride you like a pale pookah
Down to the séance inside
To host a ghost in stride
Ride you like a pale pookah
Down to the séance inside
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Tempest In A Teacup
When I said let them eat cake I didn’t mean mine
You can’t eat the cake and have it served with wine
Oh, that gallows humor straightens the spine
But if the set-up is strung with six feet of twine
Who’s hanging around for the punchline?
You can’t eat the cake and have it served with wine
Oh, that gallows humor straightens the spine
But if the set-up is strung with six feet of twine
Who’s hanging around for the punchline?
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Moment of Zen
Wakin’ up touchy and cranky
Tryin’ to shake my own skin
Feels so terribly itchy
And unbearably thin
Must be some kind of allergy
Or just reality kicking in
Tryin’ to shake my own skin
Feels so terribly itchy
And unbearably thin
Must be some kind of allergy
Or just reality kicking in
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Split In Two
Here I am your tragic hero
Kicking rocks down at ground zero
Oh, I feel a little bit like Nero
Fiddling while my village burns
But I really had to finish that solo
For whomever it may concern
Kicking rocks down at ground zero
Oh, I feel a little bit like Nero
Fiddling while my village burns
But I really had to finish that solo
For whomever it may concern
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Taste of Gnosis
Went to wish in a meteor shower
Fortune flashing in eventide
Splashing past for hours
As the atmosphere rarified
Spying specks of stellar powder
On a spectacular final slide
To collide with the blazing Tower
Arcing sparks of the starry-eyed
Fortune flashing in eventide
Splashing past for hours
As the atmosphere rarified
Spying specks of stellar powder
On a spectacular final slide
To collide with the blazing Tower
Arcing sparks of the starry-eyed
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League of Intergalactic Hobos
Caught this hotfoot surfing volcanoes
But only when the lava tide’s low
Touring Texarkana via tornado
Pursuing rumors of ice-blue buffalo
Hitched a northbound balloon and damn near froze
Selling kilos of snow to the Eskimos
Courting the worst-case scenario
With a chain-gang of leprechauns in tow
Oh, you have to know this ain’t my first rodeo
But only when the lava tide’s low
Touring Texarkana via tornado
Pursuing rumors of ice-blue buffalo
Hitched a northbound balloon and damn near froze
Selling kilos of snow to the Eskimos
Courting the worst-case scenario
With a chain-gang of leprechauns in tow
Oh, you have to know this ain’t my first rodeo
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Eleventeen Reasons
What sacred cows shall we roast today?
Feeling completely absurd and a little risquè
Nay-sayers please stay out of the way
We’re pulling off the impossible anyway
Feeling completely absurd and a little risquè
Nay-sayers please stay out of the way
We’re pulling off the impossible anyway
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Monosyllable
Ninepence in the pocket
Muffin up a canoe
Stirring up the jampot
Dripping with honeydew
Muffin up a canoe
Stirring up the jampot
Dripping with honeydew
Scaling Venusian mountains
Turning a blind eye to sight
Awash in Cyprian fountains
Wading through jewel-boxes of delight
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Folio
If there’s one takeaway from Shakespeare
It’s that we’re all going though a stage
And everybody’s play will be less unclear
If we all cue off the same page
It’s that we’re all going though a stage
And everybody’s play will be less unclear
If we all cue off the same page
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Every Third Word
Ouroboros before us
Ouroboros behind
In endless genesis
As the real unwinds
Ouroboros behind
In endless genesis
As the real unwinds
Eleven flying elevators
Eleventh hour chimes
It’s forever now or never
A watch in rivers of time
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Initiation
Start and start and start over again
Take a deep breath and count from ten
Ten powder-kegs of dynamite ignite
Nine novas erupt in the night
Eight awakenings crackle in dawn
Seven sybils speak and then they are gone
Take a deep breath and count from ten
Ten powder-kegs of dynamite ignite
Nine novas erupt in the night
Eight awakenings crackle in dawn
Seven sybils speak and then they are gone
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Meets the Eye
Crazy Bear said you gotta flip your lid
If you want to see the other side
Peer past the grids and pyramids
Where the pattern gets magnified
Magnified
And amplified
The sirens sigh
So much more than meets the eye
If you want to see the other side
Peer past the grids and pyramids
Where the pattern gets magnified
Magnified
And amplified
The sirens sigh
So much more than meets the eye
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Raincheck
It all began innocently enough
Like an out-of-hand poker bluff
Improvising ad-libbed alibis
Losing track of the runaway lies
Like an out-of-hand poker bluff
Improvising ad-libbed alibis
Losing track of the runaway lies
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Non Sequitur
Yo-yo
Pogo stick
Wax and wick
Icy slick logistic tricks
Concrete streets
Crack my feet
Up or down
Follow that clown
With the big red frown
Whichever verb does the noun
Pogo stick
Wax and wick
Icy slick logistic tricks
Concrete streets
Crack my feet
Up or down
Follow that clown
With the big red frown
Whichever verb does the noun
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S.S. Rudderless
All you weirdos freaks and geeks
Outlaws living in hide and seek
Crushed orchids who fear to speak
And anyone else with a wild streak
Outlaws living in hide and seek
Crushed orchids who fear to speak
And anyone else with a wild streak
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Saturn’s Return
She was ravishing in rags
She banished gloom from the drag
Serving fantasies by the bag
Any mark would be taken in by the shine
Oh it’s no use cryin’ over spilt wine
And no use whining about wilted vines
Especially when the vineyard was never mine
She banished gloom from the drag
Serving fantasies by the bag
Any mark would be taken in by the shine
Oh it’s no use cryin’ over spilt wine
And no use whining about wilted vines
Especially when the vineyard was never mine
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Pigeonhole
Because you’ve seen a side of me
You might think you’ve seen it all
Relegate me to the role you see
As if anyone were that small
You might think you’ve seen it all
Relegate me to the role you see
As if anyone were that small
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Kaleidoscope Catalyst
Once upon a lovely summer dawn
A generation went boom
And many lines went undrawn
When the walls ran out of room
Splintered and cast adrift
Scattered by the technicolor shift
Oh, you can feel the aftershocks
From that rumbling quake
Like an avalanche of rolling rocks
That still makes foundations shake
A generation went boom
And many lines went undrawn
When the walls ran out of room
Splintered and cast adrift
Scattered by the technicolor shift
Oh, you can feel the aftershocks
From that rumbling quake
Like an avalanche of rolling rocks
That still makes foundations shake
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Faux Mirage
Never trust a psychic
Who requires appointments
If they were truly authentic
They’d have your slot penciled in
I’m not calling anyone a charlatan
But this snake-oil seems mighty thin
Have you taste-tested your own medicine?
Who requires appointments
If they were truly authentic
They’d have your slot penciled in
I’m not calling anyone a charlatan
But this snake-oil seems mighty thin
Have you taste-tested your own medicine?
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Tributary
Never mind me, I’ve got an eight-track mind
The kind that isn’t built to ever rewind
Fast forward, fast forward
In the current there’s only one way to go
Toward the future as the river flows
The kind that isn’t built to ever rewind
Fast forward, fast forward
In the current there’s only one way to go
Toward the future as the river flows
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Playing On Principles
I say, who let the nest egg loose?
What’s good for the golden goose
Is good for another excuse
Predictable predicaments
And bottomless problems
Chances misspent
As we scramble for ransom
What’s good for the golden goose
Is good for another excuse
Predictable predicaments
And bottomless problems
Chances misspent
As we scramble for ransom
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Sugar-Coated Half-Truths
I’m not trying to run for sainthood
Nor vying for a Nobel prize
I plan to be good and misunderstood
Accidentally canonized
Nor vying for a Nobel prize
I plan to be good and misunderstood
Accidentally canonized
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Psilly
Boom boom boom
Magical mushroom
Boom boom boom
Magical mushroom
Wow wow wow
Holy cow!
Wow wow wow
Holy cow!
Magical mushroom
Boom boom boom
Magical mushroom
Wow wow wow
Holy cow!
Wow wow wow
Holy cow!
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Spice Caravan
Build your Byzantine
Opposite the blind
Rock the moat, stir up a scene
That’ll really stick in their minds
Opposite the blind
Rock the moat, stir up a scene
That’ll really stick in their minds
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Spotlight Shadow
When the highway hum is overrun
And centuries handiwork undone
Drowned out by giant dragonflies
When the end of days draws nigh
And velvet darkness envelops the sky
Let’s launch some fireworks before we die
While the grinning moon smiles wide
Look at you looking on the bright side
And centuries handiwork undone
Drowned out by giant dragonflies
When the end of days draws nigh
And velvet darkness envelops the sky
Let’s launch some fireworks before we die
While the grinning moon smiles wide
Look at you looking on the bright side
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Gremlins On Theremins
Say, I hear you play air guitar
Like a million-dollar rockstar
Swinging that axe and looking sharp
But can you tease the untouchable harp
Gesture forth eerie arias
Worthy of unseen phantom operas
Conjure concertos from the ether
Waiting to be plucked out of thin air
Do you dare the instrument that isn’t there?
Like a million-dollar rockstar
Swinging that axe and looking sharp
But can you tease the untouchable harp
Gesture forth eerie arias
Worthy of unseen phantom operas
Conjure concertos from the ether
Waiting to be plucked out of thin air
Do you dare the instrument that isn’t there?
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High John
Oh, no, Low John done done it again
Made off with the boss’ favorite pen
And wrote a note that said it all
Nailed it up on the parlor wall
Made off with the boss’ favorite pen
And wrote a note that said it all
Nailed it up on the parlor wall
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Pivot Point
Pivot point, pivot point,
Which foot leads?
It’s a chance dart
Tossed at a dance chart
Go back to what’s left
Or right on at full speed
What you can’t do is leave it up in the air
Pick a direction or you’ll go nowhere
Which foot leads?
It’s a chance dart
Tossed at a dance chart
Go back to what’s left
Or right on at full speed
What you can’t do is leave it up in the air
Pick a direction or you’ll go nowhere
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The Pattern
A shadow of Amber
When you set out to tread the Pattern
Past and future fuse
Upswings and downturns
Follow the frequency of clues
You’ll remember more than you ever forgot
And relearn more you might ever be taught
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Golden Fleece
There’s a reason they call it the Golden Fleece
All those Argonauts signed a release
Squeaky pulleys call for grease
So excuse me while I disturb some peace
All those Argonauts signed a release
Squeaky pulleys call for grease
So excuse me while I disturb some peace
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Painted Epiphanies
For Hunter
A word on the tongue’s worth ten in the head
It’ll never be heard if it never gets said
You know, sealed lips never get fed
Wind up with pie in the eye instead
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Alembic
The face of the tabula rasa
Blank slate awaiting the wind
Like the priestess of Pythia
Inhaling infinity within
Blank slate awaiting the wind
Like the priestess of Pythia
Inhaling infinity within
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Butterfly Effect
Some see marble and others a chisel
And some see a monumental deed
I see you can count the seeds in an apple
But who can count the apples in a seed?
And some see a monumental deed
I see you can count the seeds in an apple
But who can count the apples in a seed?
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Gonzo Bonkers
Round peg, square slot
It’s a familiar routine
Then they break out the inkblots
And ask you what they mean
It’s a familiar routine
Then they break out the inkblots
And ask you what they mean
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Perfectly Dodecahedral
The bellwether whistles
At the crack of noon
No, don’t you lounge on your laurels
Destiny called and she’ll be here soon
At the crack of noon
No, don’t you lounge on your laurels
Destiny called and she’ll be here soon
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Incredible
Diogenes went a-hunting for an honest man
Said I’ll surely find one if I can
I’ve been all up and down this land
But I’ve never seen the real deal first-hand
Said I’ll surely find one if I can
I’ve been all up and down this land
But I’ve never seen the real deal first-hand
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Slums Of Columbia
On the road to what I’d become
Hypnotized by the highway hum
I spotted a wild young bum
Stickin’ out his thumb
Unwashed and underfed
Holding a sign that read
“Will Work For Play”
It’s a pretty fair deal
When you put it that way
Hypnotized by the highway hum
I spotted a wild young bum
Stickin’ out his thumb
Unwashed and underfed
Holding a sign that read
“Will Work For Play”
It’s a pretty fair deal
When you put it that way
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Now What?
Now what what now?
And who and where and when and how
The skyscape grey and thick with wonder
Dripping silver rain and golden thunder
Who now will color the numbers with notes
Who now will paint the dawn with immortal quotes
What will blossom in the wake of the dead
After planting a chip of ice-nine in your head
But that lost ship has long since sailed
And that train of thought has been derailed
And who and where and when and how
The skyscape grey and thick with wonder
Dripping silver rain and golden thunder
Who now will color the numbers with notes
Who now will paint the dawn with immortal quotes
What will blossom in the wake of the dead
After planting a chip of ice-nine in your head
But that lost ship has long since sailed
And that train of thought has been derailed
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Fabric Meets The Flesh
Winter blew through and froze my bones
The angels throwing hailstones
We’ve crossed Juno, just so you know
And she’s notching icicles in her crossbow
The angels throwing hailstones
We’ve crossed Juno, just so you know
And she’s notching icicles in her crossbow
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Hotel Paradox
Right at the corner of Vortex Street
And Enigma Avenue
Squatters blew up the Utopia Suite
So we’re booked in room Catch-22
Now is tomorrow with a twist
And you’d better believe nothing unreal exists
And Enigma Avenue
Squatters blew up the Utopia Suite
So we’re booked in room Catch-22
Now is tomorrow with a twist
And you’d better believe nothing unreal exists
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Mess of Lentils
It was the night that someday came
The moon blossomed and I did the same
Miracles in a circle bearing my name
Purple sage said go now stake your claim
And never forsake it for wealth or fame
The moon blossomed and I did the same
Miracles in a circle bearing my name
Purple sage said go now stake your claim
And never forsake it for wealth or fame
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