Final Thoughts Before a Hypothetical Collapse

from Dancing About Architecture: A Catalog of Contradictions by Evan Pincus

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(So it's October, and the weather's getting a bit cooler, so I've been taking walks more often. A few weeks ago, I noticed something that surprised me - a log balanced on a power line. Like, a SINGLE power line! It didn't seem like a tenable position, but it was still there this afternoon, so what do I know, right? Anyway, I got to thinking what this log might be thinking, what I'd be thinking if I was some sort of disembodied brain with sensory organs hangin' out up there, if my entire body was this tiny thing hanging in an improbable balance above a busy street, and I figured I'd write a song about what I might be feeling if I was in its position. Anyway, you get the point. It goes something like this.)

I can see the stars from up here, and the lines on the land.
The roads cross the flatlands, intersecting as planned.
I guess that I'm stuck here, in the cables entwined.
The view is so nice from here, but I'm flying blind.

At odds with gravity.
All of physics is pulling me
Down to the ground,
But I won't come down.

At odds with gravity.
All logic compels me
To fall to the ground,
But I won't come down.

How did I get here, this impossible place.
Perched on a precipice, with infinite grace.
I fear for the future, though I can't know it all.
I'm damn sure of one thing, though - that one day I'll fall.

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from Dancing About Architecture: A Catalog of Contradictions, released August 29, 2021

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