Shrill as a choir of children Urgent like the first day of May False and inflatable feeling Tugs at my senses, big as the Macy's Parade One brick on top of another Such is the measure of man Planets are inset like diamonds On a gravity halo, eternity's wedding band I slept with that dealer all summer The ecstasy is still in my spine Coat check I couldn't remember Walked into the winter, came out on the other side
And in the South the sun is shining Back in the East the lights went out