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My Rose

from 20 Frisky Whiskies by Momus

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An alternative reading of Dracula from the 2008 album Joemus.

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My rose has a thorn in the eye of its teeth
I'm rolling down the hill
Rolling in the sun
My rose has a sigh in the side of its eye
Earth is turning and the earth is burning
My rose is falling through the cobwebs of an eye
Everlasting sigh
Oh why, oh why, why do we die?

My body's flying and the cobweb is dying
And weeds crowd the hall
And the geese they are flying
O rose, caught in the spider's web
Sign of impending night
Sign of impending sighs
O rose, why do you droop so
On my window, oh woe
Oh God knows
O rose, oh why
Why do we die?

"Then had we time enough?
Ten thousand multiplied by
Ninety-nine thousand
Nine hundred and ninety-nine
All over the world and all over time
Is not endless
The difference between dead and living" (Borges)

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from 20 Frisky Whiskies, released January 5, 2024
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