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from Post No Dreams by Brad Hamers

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poem written - 2008
song written - 2007
recorded - 2010

lyrics

for him silence was a power tool
turned on and making its way through a piece of measured wood
a loud saw
(carrots for the eye)

for him the wood was another silent house another quiet car
a way to make the trees make breath for you
a less loud saw
(more going blind in a room full of sunlight (and diamonds)

for him constructiveness was
a priest’s telescope
picking out dead stars
like chicken bones from soup

for us the invisible(and gone off)bombs were like the morning sun
just another day
for her it was known the bombs were in silos
and also were like the morning sun
just another day gone

for her the silence was a cut-down forest
a missing tree to scratch her horns or blown out back on
the overweight carry-on (she felt like)
(the paid-by-the-hour-on-the-meter-(passenger)-bird)
the-pick-up-and-drop-off-always-on-time-hand-grenade
in a sound-proof room

for them the recommended photo was now the loud saw
up to their ear
like an ocean
talking with a mouth full of plastic

a way to mount a scope on a evolver

a way to mount a scope on a evolver

for him thinking was a check-point
pulled over painting on the pallet
patting down every last color
blue wore an extra layer
(is imagined blue the same as actual blue)

for her blue was yellow and green
mixed up symbols
never just depression
(anger and introversion)
(or only real fear and false bomb threats)
always another saw to sing

they sang it for us on high quality photo paper
like pre-finished wood
(using)the used and muffled saw

the last thing we saw was like silence about to take place
everything that happened knew before it did
like a coffin farm
washington – an outdated dream
gray wig never aged
(still with its finger up its nose)

for him inspiration was a corner drug
a cheap photograph
the quiet saw
frozen meat for the
eyes sold like (cheap)diamonds
like his own blood

for him frenzy was a manual tool
it’s all about the saw
lunch for the eyes
maybe they’ll see it more than their camera does

100th floor
gloss vision
poly tree
plastic coffin
shallow field
overpopulated dream
where will they bury
our bodies like water full of plastic
no plot left on fiction town
fake dream (fake dream)
i slept through
the fake dream
i slept through
the fake dream


for me silence was the water in a sponge
the next flood
like what’s already coming and came
silence was the alarm clock going
and what we chose to do next

credits

from Post No Dreams, released November 30, 2010
written, played, recorded & produced by Brad Hamers
lyrics & vocals by Brad Hamers
additional vocals by Jennifer Griffo, Big Pauper, Raymond Murray & Vanessa Greene
mixed & mastered by Big Pauper

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brad hamers Portland, Oregon

writer, music-maker, collage-maker,, performance-maker, loud dreamer, mental gymnast

(member of: Through Flames, Child Of No Nation, Cat Child, Dust On Snow, Two Ton Sloth, Phlegm and Al Límite Collective)

Artist at Shrine13

www.bradhamers.com
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