The moment of impact bursts through the silence and in a roar of soundthe final second is prolonged in a world of echoes as if the concrete and clay of broadway itself was reliving it's memorie
E last great march past. newsman stands limp as a whimper as audience and event are locked as one. bing crosby coos "you don't have to feel pain to sing the bluesyou don't have to holla -
Don't feel a thing in your dollar collar." martin luther king cries "everybody sing!" and rings the grand old liberty bell. learyweary of his prison cellwalks on heaventalks
Ell. j.f.k. gives the o.k. to shoot ussipping orange julius and lemon brutus. bare breasted cowboy double decks the triple champion. who needs medicare and the 35c flat rate farewhen fred as
And ginger rogers are dancing through the air? from broadway melody stereotypes the band returns to 'stars and stripes' bringing a tear to the moonshinerwho's been pouring out his spirit from
Illegal still. the pawn broker clears the noisy t
Ill and clutches his lucky dollar bill.
Echoes of the broadway everglades
With her mythical madonnas still walking in their shades:
Lenny brucedeclares a truce and plays his other hand.
Marshall mcluhancasual viewin'head buried in the sand.
Sirens on the rooftops wailingbut there's no ship sailing.
Grouchowith his movies trailingstands alone with his punchline
Failing.
Klu klux klan serve hot soul food and the band plays 'in the mood'
The cheerleader waves her cyanide wandthere's a smell of
Peach blossom and bitter almonde.
Caryl chessman sniffs the air and leads the paradehe knows
In a scentyou can bottle all you made.
There's howard hughes in blue suede shoessmiling at the
Majorettes smoking winston cigarettes.
And as the song and dance beginsthe children play at home
With needles; needles and pins.
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