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Hounds at Heels

from The Holy Ghost by aeroplane, 1929

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Hounds at Heels

I’ve seen Hell.
Hell is a pitch-steel structure
imposed before an alabaster sky.
Hideous thing--skeletal frame--
set by the overturned earth piled high
in the fields where I ran & I played as a child.

Oh, I’ve seen Hell.

Hell is the west wind gasping for breath.
Hell is a bare page black ink infection.
Hell is the inadequate alphabet:
a work-worn device to communicate with.
Hell is my ear to a glass to the wall
to a glass to your ear,
when not a hem nor a haw
nor wisp of bedlam or calm
is disclosed for the other to hear.

I caught a glimpse. I saw the truth out in those fields.
& now my fears they follow close as hounds at heels.
Oh, & my needle nerves, my wandering thoughts...
I’m up before the dawn,
putting on my coat & scarf
to escape into the fog. (I disappear.)

Well, I’ve heard the sound
of a death industry
a steady hum like a worry
or a colony of bees.
& pinions tuggin’ chains across:
the din that rattles endlessly,
the piercing panic static march
of a dozen TV screens.

I strained my ears. I read the truth in words you wield.
& now my fears they follow close as hounds at heels.
But when the drowsy lights & sheet of frost
are off me I’ll be free
to hear & speak & see & be
& bear the biter’s teeth--you'll see.

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Credit

Jacob Eli Goldman - bass guitar, hand claps
Noah Goldman - acoustic guitar, hand claps
Alex Mazzaferro - voice, electric guitar, organ, hand claps
Wil Mulhern - drums

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from The Holy Ghost, released June 21, 2007

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aeroplane, 1929 Springfield, Massachusetts

aeroplane, 1929 was a band from New England. Between 2005 & 2010, they released two albums & two EP's on Topshelf Records. The band consisted of Alex Mazzaferro (vocals/guitar/keys/lyrics), Jacob Goldman (bass/keys/recording/arrangements), Noah Goldman (guitar/pedal steel/keys), & Wil Mulhern (drums), plus friends like Julian Veronesi, Chad Jewett, Dave Van Witt, Alex Syner, & Peter Federman. ... more

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