All the bells and the whistles
And the flights taking off
The shoes on the run way, the tarmac
going soft
In the heat that feels like the street
got a cough
and is wheezing and teasing the trees to turn off
But the trees are shy and turn their branches away
As the birdies they fly from the nests where they stay
And the shadows crawl across the hours of the day
As Bodza street wakes in it's inimitable way
The dogs begin their barking and the trucks
begin to rumble and the whole earth shakes
But the foundations do not crumble
And the plane takes off, or a different one lands
As they groan in their descent, like the ascent of man
And there are some neanderthals and some who stand up straight and tall
And there are some cathedrals which ring their bells to cap it all
and then there is the pigeon calls who hum and burble coos
in the leaves of the trees of the capital
And the burgeoning degrees of freedom stand
Like men and women shaking hands in separation April
To Self isolation autumn
The diggers and the straight laced boots of my degradation
And fastening don't get cute
Before seat belts became a regulation
Then car crashes and tobacco stashes,
Lie in the police station
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