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Inspired by “Twenty Past Four” by Noble Oak as used in “Adult Swim Bump – I Should Be Dreaming”
The great ivory lidless eye surveys all,
Floating in a sea of orange juice and blue curaçao,
A drink less intoxicating than the great wishes and idle hopes
Of a mind too asleep to feel but too awake to dream.
Sinister silhouettes of trees not yet revealed
Loom behind foggy fields and a forest falling into its annual slumber,
Whispering shadows and far off dwellings,
So distant they might as well be in a fairytale.
Glimmering artificial fireflies mark scattered civilization
Under the comforting claustrophobia of darkness.
Tracing lesser-used veins by feel alone,
What good are compass and map if there is no light to read them by?
The curtain pulls away ever more,
Illuminating the banality accompanying this ritual,
Yet revealing forsaken wishes in idyllic brick and weathered stone.
And still the watcher witnesses all.
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