COME AND SHINE

Michael Greene

POP A TOP AND GRAB A CHAIR
YOU WON’T FIND THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION   ANYWHERE ELSE
BUKOWSKI   GINSBERG AND KEROUAC  FILL THE AIR
THEY’VE COME HERE TO FEED YOU   THEY’RE HERE TO FEED ON YOU TOO
JUMP IN THE FEEDING FRAY AND TAKE A STAND
CIVILITY’S SNAPPED AND SHOT LIKE A BROKEN RUBBER BAND
DINE AT THE NAKED LUNCH WITH MICE AND MEN
THEY’RE HERE TO OPEN YOU UP   RELAX LET YOUR SENSES ERUPT   AND COME
COME INSIDE   THERE’S A WHOLE NEW WORLD   JUST OPEN UP YOUR EYES
COME   COME INSIDE   COME AND SHINE

SEEE THE LADY THERE IN THE BIG CORNER CHAIR
SHE COMES HERE EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT   THEN DISSAPEARS INTO THIN AIR
SOME SAY SHE’S ELIZABETH   FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE’S ONLY HEIR
SHE’S COME HERE TO VISIT FRIENDS   LOOKIN’ FOR WAGNER TO MAKE AMENDS
SHE COMES   COMES INSIDE   WHERE THERE’S A WHOLE NEW WORLD
TO OPEN UP HER EYES   SO JUST COME   COME INSIDE   COME AND SHINE

PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVES IN CATTLE CARS
THRASHING FOR A POINT OF VIEW   JUST WONDERIN’ WHO THEY ARE
COME WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND KIERKEGAARD
THERE’S SO MUCH THAT CAME BEFORE US   SO MUCH YOU CAN’T IGNORE
SO JUST COME   COME INSIDE   THERE’S A WHOLE NEW WORLD 
JUST OPEN UP YOUR EYES   COME COME INSIDE COME AND SHINE