three from new methico (8/23/2020) Posted on August 23, 2020August 23, 2020 by roycegrubic paultheoctopus_2020remixcharredly_2020remixciudadjuarez_newmix2020 lyrics: “paul the octopus” paul the octopus didn’t live in a garden under the sea but instead in an observation tank because of his skill at prophecy paul the octopus…more of an oracle than the rest of us knew I was watching him on the TV screen he would have liked to have been crawling on the ocean floor but he was addicted to synthetic ink which made him warm all over but also ready for his TV and internet appearances and floaty soothsaying and World Cup predictions of loss and victory his best friend was a cephalopodiatrist named Gunther Metternich from Dusseldorf eight arms reach out into space and time eight arms reach out to spank your behind the many arms of Vishnu the Octopus I saw it with my mind’s eye on the internet… ________________ “ciudad juarez” lost my eyeglasses in the rio grande ain’t you never been swept away by forces you don’t understand? is your lady friend acting too much like a man? you better done show her the back of your hand and float her down to ciudad juarez to swim around with the rest the coyotes and druggies the bullets and fishies the cactus and sand yucca bloom and monsoon rain a snail stickin’ to a lizard’s tail is it a crooked board or a crooked nail? in the grand scheme of things it’s all hell float me down to ciudad juarez to swim around with the rest the coyotes and druggies the bullets and fishies the bloody cactus and sand Related
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