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The Last Of The Blue Rhinos

by Mark Byrne

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1.
Seated at the table about to say grace. He pictures the flies.the black childs' face. He makes sure they don't leave any waste. He feels so useless,impotent,toothless. Becomes overwrought,he erases the thought. The well ran dry another thousand dead. Never mind he's gone to bed. I'll say a prayer tomorrow you're fed. It will be a nice gesture. Devil's everywhere. He's H.I.V. A family of twelve cut down to three. I got the ten cents you sent to me. It was a very nice gesture. The white men in suits.the bureacrats. On this sinking ship last to leave are the rats. All the passengers are happy getting fat. Coppers in the box .gleaned from the flocks. Knocking on doors,we need more,more,more. Excuse me sir ,five minutes of your time. I'll explain to you about this genocide. Don't feel guilty but you're part of the crime. Would you like to answer? Would you care to answer? It's another world.another entity . They used to be slaves but now they're free. We send them billions but they're corrupt you see. We're trying to help them. The little man with the extra large head. Drowning in the blood of the millions dead. He gives his all.god is interested. Smiling everyday.leading the way. Our glorious saviour.watching our behaviour. The well ran dry......
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Faye 04:02
faye...you have no right to be so glad on such a mournful day. faye....the welfare line is so long and your spaniel's run away. tough decisions in high places. it churns your gut to see their faces. faye... stare through the mirror til your reflection fades away. spend your days in your bed. draw the curtains in your head. getting caught in the rain. hear it rolling down the drain. tough decisions to be made. sorry you don't make the grade. faye....in your moments of solitude i hear you pray. faye.... the excremental scum won't get in your way. law of the land. written in sand. but law and justice don't go hand in hand. faye......
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Bible Bratz 05:24
i knew noah when he was a kid. talked about the sea it's all he did. depravity and sin where on the rise. god said if i were you i'd watch the skies. he'd say boys,i've a boat to fill. get my admirals hat it's on the window sill. we're cruising on a ship full of animal love and we're not coming back til the twig's in the beak of the dove...... i knew moses when he was a boy. his father kept slaves in his employ. his macnificent beard made him enimies. when he was'nt burning bushes and parting seas. he'd say boys,i've a desert to cross. if you want to worship idols that's your loss. the big man upstairs finds it hard to swallow. so he gave me some rules that you all got to follow........ i knew jesus when he was quite small. he was a genius with the football. on friday nights he'd turn water to wine. come eleven o clock he'd call time. he'd say boys i've a cross to bear. can you help me out i've got nothiing to wear. they nail me up at a quarter to two. after that it's all up to you.
4.
if i may labour the point. the reason for my dismay. why my heart is out of joint. why my day never ends. why my senses twist and bend..... it's our imminent demise. i've got the power to change the world. my meteor shower that's about to be hurled. force them to open their eyes. take their sorry asses by surprise..... it's our imminent demise. in the years to come,will you fly me to the moon. with our boiling sun desert sands and wet monsoons. we can ride the waves. suck the air out of hurricanes. float our boats on the great lakes. stare at our weather vanes..... what drives me on? what drives me on?...... i gave you a chance. more than once. you sat there in your underpants. drooling like a dunce. blubbing like a child. all your nature's running wild....... it's our imminent demise... our imminent demise.
5.
Constant 02:34
like unconditional love seeking out a home. we must all earn our very being. like a prodigal son expecting open arms. forgiveness comes at a cost. when i fall he is there to catch me. when i fly too high he puts my feet back on the ground. like a never fading light. attaining perfection. we are on the cusp of great things. like the beating of a heart. the signal it is sending. let's him know his plan is working. when i fall he is there to catch me. when i fly too high he puts my feet back on the ground.
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give a list of your demands to me. i'll take it all on board. nothing is too heavy for me. and when i, i am skin and bone. dig in deep til i'm ravaged and cold as stone. you squeal that i am selfish, i am greedy. yet it is i. i am the injured party. i have the beggars hands. put rules and restrictions in place. i will comply with them all just in case. come down hard with the iron fist. mistakes dealt with harshly,no,i insist... you squeal that i ..... please allow me to apologise for being who i am. i'll adapt to the role ,make it mine if i can. your approval is all i want . you should be contented. your furrowed brow.. my actions are lamented. you squeal that i......
7.
Gollum 05:03
with his shiny head and thick spectacles. sickly pallid skin and shrinking testicles. shows his bravery to the united nations. whispers vague threats to white-thrash relations. a lighthouse in a desert. a point to swing a pendulum. his blankness,lack of character, it's......our good neighbour,gollum. does not nod his head in anyones direction. lets it eat him from inside,calls it his education. allows his ugly wife minister to you . the teachings of neitzsche and the novels of camus. a lighthouse in a desert........ each sunrise he bleeps into existence. cancer gnaws away at his insistence. wraps his baby in dirty black shroud. has no need of a nemesis,he is far too proud. a lighthouse in a desert......
8.
Waiting Room 02:49
sitting in my plastic chair. francis can you tell me where does the time go? where does the time go? standing in the waiting room. doctor, doctor what is my doom. where did my life go? where did my life go? lying in my backyard. endless blanket of endless stars. where do we go to? where do we go to?

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all songs and sounds by mark byrne. backing vocals on"bible bratz" by emma byrne. artwork by markbyrne

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released June 8, 2010

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