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Firefly

This is not for the squeamish and those afraid of dark,
Afraid of gone to new day like fireflies without sparks.
Those rubber ducky babies with silver spoons all tucked in bed.
Hyena howling tiger lillies stretched waiting for the dead.
Wooky bearded babas squatting in the dust smoking head.

This is for the hurried few dragged along by teams of dogs,
Stuck beside heart’s ditch of mud cast ashore like driftwood logs.
Sand strewn nymphs red ball bounce upon the beach.
Bowler capped boys chuckling tweak the beast,
New York bound cats grin ants stuck in their teeth.

Where were you when the lights went out?

Lights out in New York City, in every borough
Maybe he looks like you, maybe he looks like me.
Staten Island, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens and Manhattan,
Maybe he looks like you Maybe he looks like me.

So come all ye’ hula hooping maidens gamboling on the lawn,
Frogs a’courting moonbeams and velvet painted dawn.
Silver saddle stirrups and guitars made of rain.
Wing footed Fleet streeters dancing out the pain.
Tree hugging butterflies with no need to explain.

Where were you when the lights went out?

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from Midnight's Break (Live at The Majestic) Double Disc, released June 7, 2013
copyright VGHT and Flowpoetry

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Venice Gas House Trolley Madison, Wisconsin

Venice Gas House Trolley is the sound of a new creative generation that believes imagination is liberation. The band is jammy, jazzy, funky, and tribal with spoken word poetry and heavy grooves. VGHT's music is packed with psychedelic soundscapes and boundary exploring arrangements while still providing enough hooks and thick grooves to keep audience's heads bobbing and feet moving. ... more

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