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PAUL SIMON lyrics : "a poem on the underground"

The last train is nearly due

the underground is closing soon


in the dark deserted station


restless in anticipation

a man waits in the shadows.





His restless eyes leap and scratch

at all that they can touch or catch


hidden deep within his pocket


safe within his silent socket

he holds his colored crayon.





Now from the tunnel's stony womb

the carriage rides to meet the groom


and opens wide and welcome doors


but he hesitates then withdraws

deeper in the shadows





And the train is gone suddenly

on wheels clicking silently


like a gently tapping litany






and he holds his crayon rosary

tighter in his hand





Now from his pocket he quickly flashes

the crayon on the wall he slashes


deep upon the advertising


a single-worded poem comprised of

- four letters





And his heart is laughing, screaming, pounding

the poem across the tracks rebounding


shadowed by the exit light


his legs take their ascending flight

to seek the breast of darkness and be suckled by the night.






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