Brown bird, common bird
How’s your little twig nest been?
I heard you searched the hollow earth
Have you finally found your long lost friend?

Endless words of a dream deferred
Wouldn’t have you look my way
So I made the rounds in Germantown
They could barely taste my pancreas that day

It’s the 28th, Will
The lucky 8th, Bill!
You win that Grammy, Will?
Good for the landfill!

And did you beat Phil?
And did you network well?
(So grew another head for Hydra)

You wanna circle Sinai
Another 40 years?
Have I made myself?
And myself clear?

Still seduced by
The child celebrity appeal?
Have I made myself?
And myself clear?

Brown eyes, brown eyes
What do you see?
Brown eyes, brown eyes
Of an adult looking back at me

Brown eyes, brown eyes
What do you see?
Brown eyes, Hazel eyes
And a caterpillar book on my knee

And now you’re gonna explain to me
About resilience and fragility?

Circling Sinai
Another 40 years?
Have I made myself?
And myself clear?

Let’s watch the desert sky
Do silent shapes appear?
Have I made myself
In any way myself?

You hold your children close
Whenever we come near?
Speak in children’s prose
For those with ears to hear?

You in the diving bell
Atop the silver skyline
Play the victim well
Who’s the devil this time?

Who’s the devil this time?
Who’s the devil this time?