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Dead Red Med

from Running the Badwater by UPHOLSTERY

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Meat me in Death Valley
in the Valley of the Dead
we’ll pay a train, plane & shipping fee
where the east meats west
to the lowest point not under the sea
without getting the rental wet
watch as the waves start to creep
of the Red, Med, Dead

As the levees’ walls start to ease
accusations of leavened bread
as the sea breeze gains speed
taking foe, taking friend
as seaweed graces the nativity
not a dry hand to lend
and the dark cube recedes
the great thirst is quenched

Phytoplankton dance in the grotto’s arch
three gods sit
the land where the throat's no longer parched
damp and trembling
where the mad men had marched
where the mad men marched

It was a friday
and they were on their knees
it was a saturday
and they were on their feet
it was a sunday
and they were in their pews, on their feet
and, at times, on their knees

and what if in your sacred text there was
no mention of this sunset?
would you mash it in?
would you simply outlaw it?
would you obstruct them?
explain it away with them?!
off with its head with them?!
sacrifice the sacred with them?!
flush them away with them?!
flush them all away!
where the mad men marched

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from Running the Badwater, released May 24, 2014

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UPHOLSTERY Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dark music for curious minds.

Upholstery creates original works for stage, film, and stereos. The ensemble draws on a wide range of musical influences - from Portishead to Talking Heads, cabaret to post-punk - while striving to create music that is visceral and thought-provoking. ... more

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