Penelope

from The Holy Ghost by aeroplane, 1929

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Penelope

Each day, with resolve,
I build all things up,
& each night they are torn down
like Penelope
tearing stitches out
with the ease & patience of practice.

There’s smoke in my dreams
but light enough to see
the object of my affection.
At my bedside, I pray
the draft won’t blow us away
to some distant desert or ocean:

scattered like seeds on the ground at your feet,
& you’re left with that longing like poor Penelope.
The moaning machines, the pollution we breathe...

We’re always makin’ love or makin’ war.

When my brother was sick,
he called me to his side
& said, "Brother of mine,
I’ve trifled my time.
I’ve been swallowed whole
by the apple of my eye,
but now I see my sin,
so heed this admonition:

"If God’s been misquoted, just bid Him repeat,
& if you’re coming undone, start a fire in the street,
& burn your possessions ’till you suppose you’re complete,
& take off your clothes in arcane ecstasy
’cause life is too short to grow roots underneath,
to be stifled in slumber ’neath twisting ivy.
If you find love, hold on, but for wit’s sake grow wings
& fear only the sun; find the balance of things."

[It’s] no longer my own
like a garment outgrown,
a painted ship on a tumultuous sea.
It’s fickle & fleeting
like the sun or the seasons...
[Forever] makin’ love or makin’ war.

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Credit

Jacob Eli Goldman - bass guitar, piano, organ
Noah Goldman - electric guitar, effects
Alex Mazzaferro - voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, effects
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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