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Little Boy Blue and the Architects of Disaster

from Nowhere Fast by Kyp Harness

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LITTLE BOY BLUE AND THE ARCHITECTS OF DISASTER

The Second subcommander sent his orders to the corporal
Who relayed the information to the Bible-clutching sargeant
Who awoke in pink pajamas and he stumbled down the staircase
And he prayed to Christ Almighty as he pushed the secret code in
Then he sank down to the carpet with his rosary beads and whiskey
And the pen knife that his daddy gave to him
When he was ten

There’s a jet plane on the runway with its motor idling slowly
It is loaded with machine guns and television cameras
There’s a nation deep in slumber, there’s a woman in the jungle
She looks up through the eucalyptus leaves and sees the stars revolving
In their secret silent rhythms
Through the night

But don’t cry, little baby
Because your mama and your papa love you so
But now you must do what we cannot do
You must go where we cannot go

The generals in the uniforms are glowing with compassion
They are frothing at the mouths with goodwill and humanity
As they goosestep down the pavement in their jackboots and their helmets
The grateful peasants gather in the square now to receive them
They bow down beneath the rain of charity and bullets
As the resourceful diplomat proclaims the trouble well in hand
Packs his guilty attachÚ case as he rushes through the turnstiles
Jumps the next flight out and dashes off a memo
To the chief

There’s a monkey in a space capsule that’s orbiting ’round Pluto
There’s an office filled with scientists with big brown beards and moustaches
As they wire the electrodes to the grinning willing subject
All the lights go out on Main Street as the speakers blare their warning
Of enforced evacuation – there’s a train down in the station
It is loaded with supplies and plastic tubes of frozen embryos
Soon the new recruits will come with the machinery of Eden
Strung between the stars beyond the sun, the barriers are breaking
They’ll be going from door to door with gas masks and injections
As the last ship leaves the harbour and the crowds cheer madly waving
And the sun sinks slowly melting to the sea

But don’t cry little baby
Because your mama and your papa love you so
But now you must do what we cannot do
You must go where we cannot go

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from Nowhere Fast, released October 13, 2014

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