We had a comrade, a brave comrade
He could talk for days
But then he tried to be a hers
Tried talking about Jean Miro
To commuters wearing earphones
He almost died for conversation.
Hallucinations, Good Vibrations
Van Dyke Parks, steeple chasing,
The reformation, transubstantiation,
Brom Stoker's creation
The land of the Thracians...
- The Divine Comedy