officine galileo
officine galileo ship's binoculars booty of
war
heavy and weighted three magnifications
i took it outside as a child to view the moon
and stars and saturn's satellites
taken from some italian frigate my father said
all the markings of a working rig
designed to triangulate
the destroyer on its way to destroy
but that's not what i would see
pointed to the heavens 40X bigger
than what i knew
40X more humbled
you get closer to infinity
it's just a feeling
i use the lowest setting to see
the birds that share our place
12X is enough for them
we have cardinals and snipes
and swallows and rose-breasted grosbeaks
eating our free seed
and i can watch the mourning doves
care for their two remaining chicks
close enough to see all i need to see
but for where time and space intersects
i need the 40X
heavy and weighted three magnifications
i took it outside as a child to view the moon
and stars and saturn's satellites
taken from some italian frigate my father said
all the markings of a working rig
designed to triangulate
the destroyer on its way to destroy
but that's not what i would see
pointed to the heavens 40X bigger
than what i knew
40X more humbled
you get closer to infinity
it's just a feeling
i use the lowest setting to see
the birds that share our place
12X is enough for them
we have cardinals and snipes
and swallows and rose-breasted grosbeaks
eating our free seed
and i can watch the mourning doves
care for their two remaining chicks
close enough to see all i need to see
but for where time and space intersects
i need the 40X
officine galileo ship's binoculars booty of
war
heavy and weighted three magnifications
i took it outside as a child to view the moon
and stars and saturn's satellites
taken from some italian frigate my father said
all the markings of a working rig
designed to triangulate
the destroyer on its way to destroy
but that's not what i would see
pointed to the heavens 40X bigger
than what i knew
40X more humbled
you get closer to infinity
it's just a feeling
i use the lowest setting to see
the birds that share our place
12X is enough for them
we have cardinals and snipes
and swallows and rose-breasted grosbeaks
eating our free seed
and i can watch the mourning doves
care for their two remaining chicks
close enough to see all i need to see
but for where time and space intersects
i need the 40X
heavy and weighted three magnifications
i took it outside as a child to view the moon
and stars and saturn's satellites
taken from some italian frigate my father said
all the markings of a working rig
designed to triangulate
the destroyer on its way to destroy
but that's not what i would see
pointed to the heavens 40X bigger
than what i knew
40X more humbled
you get closer to infinity
it's just a feeling
i use the lowest setting to see
the birds that share our place
12X is enough for them
we have cardinals and snipes
and swallows and rose-breasted grosbeaks
eating our free seed
and i can watch the mourning doves
care for their two remaining chicks
close enough to see all i need to see
but for where time and space intersects
i need the 40X
Posted: Sun - June 27, 2004 at 09:50 PM
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