Rising nineteen different ways in nineteen different countries
With my feet towards the sun of Aurora borealis
With my heart aligned with my brain and
Lymph circulating throughout my chest

Today is going to be a good day in Africa
in China
in Paris
in the United States

I heard all about it on the tv news
How Elvis sang the blues
And we ripped up newspapers
Using them to start fires

The acrid smoke wafted down the
Street we rand down:
Teal Lane, Oviparous, Venereal disease
And bits and flecks of summer cooling

Blame it all on the
Mushroom cloud
Rising up
To heaven..,

Continued in Birdland