On Monk

from Output Negative Space by Enablers

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And here a few stalled, pendulous seconds
When his ear demands more vertigo
And the measure he conjures further and further upward
Back-flips and stares back at him
The blueprints of several ideas egg-beating his signature
Among the studied spin of street corners
Where birds have detonated in lift force
Enfilading the skies he’s spiraling

This he takes away for himself once he stifles our breath
Stringing out the number to a point of threat or starvation

But he’s just dancing, and vaguely sad too, because his song
Must turn and run arcing into another season
---suddenly

To bite into and drink the water he’s freed from rainy trees
He sees the anonymous drunk man staggering across slat-lit streets
His steps like a desultory tickling of keys
An agenda is back in tune: work in the morning
And of course, the Blues.

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from Output Negative Space, released May 5, 2006
Joe Byrnes: drums, Joe Goldring: guitar+ Hammond, Pete Simonelli: vocal, Kevin Thomson: guitar

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Band Members: Joe Goldring (former Swans, Toiling Midgets, Touched by a Janitor) on guitar; Kevin Robert Thomson (former Nice Strong Arm, Timco, Touched by a Janitor, now Hazel Atlas) also on guitar; poet, writer, and narrator Pete Simonelli on vocals. Rounding out the line-up is drummer Sam Ospovat (Ava Mendoza, Brendan Seabrook, tUnE-yArDs, William Winant). ... more

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