Money In The Mouth

from In A Foreign Land by Gladsome Throng

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Money In The Mouth.

He was a weaver of nightmare,
A conjurer of fear,
Who spoke into my dreaming,
Like he had whispered in my ear.

“The morning has gold in its mouth,
And saves its smile for me.
You could say it has a poker face.
Hokey Pokey gold coins for me.
Put a coin in my mouth, pull my lever,
I’ve come a long way from Paradise Lane.”

“Judges smile, then pay my bills,
Hokey Pokey, watch my hands,
Left hand in, right hand out,
Hey, turn around, shake it all about,
Have a cigar, I’m happy to see you.”
Crook like Rook, Crooked as Rook would.

He is a long way from Paradise,
In a mansion with a stolen handgun,
Long way from the desert mystery.
You said your prayers in Paradise Lane.

Was it worth it, can you say?
The Hullaballoo, the Hokey Pokey,
You who sail your pretty boat,
Look back upon the shore,
See the smile, the money in the mouth,
Riding on a Ghost Train, to eternal fire.

He was a weaver of nightmare,
A conjurer of fear,
Who spoke into my dreaming,
Like he had whispered in my ear.

But necks don’t break so easily,
Tongues are twisted, then they talk,
Hocus Pocus, Hoc Est Corpus Meum,
This is my body, written in chalk,
This is my body, this is my blood,
This is my table, this is my chalk.

I will pray for fourteen days.
For the lives, for the burning,
For the grieving on Christmas day,
For the children that won’t return.
For the money in the smiling mouth,
They say prayers in Paradise Lane.

He is a long way from Paradise,
In a mansion with a stolen handgun,
Long way from the desert mystery,
Say your prayers in Paradise Lane.

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from In A Foreign Land, released January 1, 2024

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Gladsome Throng Sydney, Australia

Gladsome Throng, the coming together of the poetry and voice of Valerie Cameron with the soundscape of Robert Cumings, is greater than the sum of its parts.

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