Jandek

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Jandek


I heard the bell ring
I wondered who was there 
There was an orange sky behind the mountain 
Just a silhouette of a horizon 
And then I was in the car 
Looking out the back window 
And I saw the nose and eyes 
Closed on that ancient face 
And the corner of the post 
And the cut-glass chandelier 
A flashlight looked at me 
I couldn't even see the hand 
The side of the wall had two windows 
Green light shone through them 
Maybe an ear and a touch of hair 
Somebody's at the door 
But it's so hard to see 
Imagination's taking over me 
I got geometric patterns 
There's lightning bolts and shafts of vapor 
And a long coat in the haze 
They're waiting for me to come and see them 
But I keep imagining it's not there 
It's back in the black and the red and the yellow 
And the storms and the arrows and hieroglyphics 
I can find out who you are 
I can think about the stairs (stares?)