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Garbagehands EP

by Oranga Tanga

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1.
Blackhole 04:00
The starlight sparkled at the moment when navigation found the hole Computer displayed all the findings right upon the ship’s console They stalled in deep space at the moment half a million miles away “Calculate event horizon!” Engineers heard captain say Calculations flashed developing their path to take then at once upon the cockpit did appear their path in space Then the captain gave the order and the crew prepared their fate generating their protection with synthetic gravity Now the ship with its protection that also served as its engine pulled the spacecraft to the blackhole Crew silently strapped in As their path led them closer the warp in time started to show it affected the good captain and his consciousness’ hold “Mother, please aprove of me!”, captain let out the cry “I may not be Jesus Christ but I’m alright! We must all be inside as the outside moves so fast!” His inner time was blending his future with his past Observed from a telescope they’d calculated wrong Spacecraft was shown frozen but they were alright Never came to be crushed as Hawking had foretold They made through unnoticed through the treacherous blackhole
2.
City rat 04:17
I’m a city rat. I need cheese I make my house out of Popsicle sticks and old magazines But what I really really need is you to let me be – with Thee indeed Wooden wall warped and wet Walk on wire it wiggles while I walk Welp at the whittled wire saying, “Wow. Whittled AND wet!!” – ZOT! It brings me to a higher place up above See you standing there through a whole near the stove Marry me. Feed me and care for me Put me in a cage in your house When you’re sleeping I sleep with you I share your breath when you breathe When you shower I sit and watch you When you leave from your mug I drink I can taste you in the swept crumbs When you speak I hear it sung In your cage we could be happy We could live forever in love
3.
Garbagehands 02:01
Granddad was the ladies man The attache who grandma canned North American family trends Resonated sadly on Rio’s sands Uncle with prosthetic leg A taxi made his metal peg He bragged about the time up his nose and down the hatch And now he pushes daisies after licking his pain patch Garbagehands Big brother lived a dichotomy A right wing wacko with a leftist personality Walked a walk and talked a talk AM lines poisoned FM thoughts Little brother wore a leash Mother taught him to be a beast Trust was only used in jest and he just got out of juvi for stealing cigarettes Garbagehands Mother sauced away the tears Until the sauce provided tears Then she traded sauce for pills Then she mixed the sauce and pills Daddy thought she was the best Daughter was royal princess Now he roots through the garbage To check results of the pregnancy test Garbagehands
4.
Marabunta 06:21
There are over 50 species of nomadic ant on this planet. These are the so-called army ants, And they’re nomadic because Unlike the ants in your backyard, They don’t live in a hole in the ground. No. These ants roam, millions strong. Swarming over hundreds of thousands of insects and small animals In a single day. Killing and devouring most of them. In Brazil, they call their local army ant The Marabunta. MARABUNTA! We had been traveling up the Amazon for two weeks And had left our canoes on the shore three days before We were cutting our way through the jungle A solid wall of green before us When we came across a trail, Sliced into the ground Straight and brown, Like a dirt laser. The native guides came to a halt. They whispered… marabunta... The guides could choose to not continue. They had that choice, they had that luxury. I did not. I would have to make it to my destination Alone. Paquinho took me aside. He gave me a gun. “For the marabunta” he said. A gun? What good is a gun Against an army of ants? I flipped open the barrel. There was only one bullet. MARABUNTA! Te van ha seguir… Te van a picar! Te van a comer!! Te van a matar!!!
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I have a vulture for a pet and he lives on a telephone pole You can see him in the sky above me Soaring on those sexy warm thermals I never feed him directly [no no no] They clean up after me [yo yo yo] Sometimes I start to feel nervous [so so so] my vulture’s getting hungry When It’s time to be fed His cavity growls And I can smell the dead My pet vulture loves a three dog night Aloft and soaring hardly flapping their wings Never joining to sing They’ve got no syrinx Cathartes aura is a carrion crow unrelated to the world of old It looks the same, but only because convergent evolution, or so I’m told I never feed them directly [no no no] They clean up after me [yo yo yo] Sometimes I start to feel guilty [so so so] The population’s growing When It’s time to be fed His cavity growls And I can smell the dead My pet vulture is out of sight Now I’m old and aging They circle above me and as I drift into sleep I hear him hissing I awaken to light as my dinner guests fly away

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released May 19, 2016

recorded, mixed, & mastered @ The Zone Productions by Mark Brasel

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Oranga Tanga West Melbourne, Florida

Strange stirrings are reported from the jungle. A breeze swirls the atmosphere like a nun stirs her morning coffee. The smell of drums is heavy in the air, like a remembered punch. The natives, never ones to contemplate these things, are restless and getting restlesser. There is no unrestlesting the restlesserification of… this is where the doctor said I should stop writing. ... more

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