Tracers from Beach Practice by Veda Hille

they injected you with tracers now your bones glow in the dark
like the pleasure in a new eraser we will meet you glowing in the park
lighting up the hood so good
cleaning up the lines so fine
till you wear the paper through
boo hoo boo hoo boo hoo

they put your body in a catscan now your insides are on screen
you could run away to Scotland, or to Maui, or Bristol or Berlin
but what good would it do for you
you can’t tell them how to grow oh no
multiplying all the time
just fine just fine just fine

beautiful birds blue turquoise patchwork
fly into my house it is not a disaster
come in one window out the other
a beautiful scrap in an otherwise flat world

keep it up

they took off their scrubs and masks and gave you papers and set you free
now you float above the landscape doing tasks and watching your tv
who knows where you’re heading to
doesn’t matter where you’re from
here’s the thing I wish for you
may the best day you’ve ever seen
be worse than your worst to come

beautiful birds blue turquoise patchwork
fly into my house it is not a disaster
come in one window out the other
a beautiful scrap in an otherwise flat world

keep it up

• Experimental
• folk song
• Vancouver