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swam the soldier
swallowed a good deal of the water in the swimming pool in which he was swimming
as he swam swam swam swam in the swimming pool, nobody knew nobody said nobody saw nobody jumped up in surprise nobody sat watching nobody knew the soldier was a soldier.
the blue skin way beneath the coming in and the going out way beneath the standing and the understanding and the overstanding and the beside standing and the dancing moment way beside way above but now way below the blue miniscus the swimming swallowing soldier heard nothing at all;
played like memories memories memories leaving memories arriving memories kept here, watch them now;
came in the door came in the big glass glass glass door and heard the pumping heartbeat of the motors bringing new waters into the swimming pool;
the said we have bought a horse away away no in the corner of some field seeds spreading all around when we dance awhile, awhile but the while will be in the dark and you will see nothing but you will know you will see nothing but you will know but you will faint because you see more than the soldier swallowing swimming pool water like a fighting fish.
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kneeling down on two elbows two knees three legs four horses no fruit no fruit just grass grass like grass brown grass and what's this grass here? red! i do not believe what they saw grass red oh yes - give me some more water from the swimming pool i'll spit or nothing;
...and she said soldier come on (sings) holy holy water holy water holy water holy water
i'm never going back everything you say, and everything you do, i'm ready but i'm just shit scared and that's why i come swimming and swallow half the damn pool because i have sort of sneeking, slurping, sensual suspicion that things could get - worse;
so well' said the soldier to the water and the water said, 'i am the only one who knows you are not as stupid as you seem' and then Green and Biscuit said, 'right on - and on - and we'll be dancing for you'
and this is mearly an illusion of being less frightened of what will happen when the soldier finishes his time in the swimming pool, gets out, dresses himself and decides which which which costume to put on which theatre to progress to which song to spit from his lips from his tongue from what remains of his teeth; dig dig soldier dig dig dig dig dig dig courage is fattening dig dig dig dig dig dig here is where it comes out all over the world
coming in ready ready ready coming in hup! coming in full to the brim Jim full to the clavicle two - the piano two - the trumpet two - to the bugle two - the man three - the horse four - the water the unknown country shrinking like a family, forgotten. There's room here .come you're all invited.
swam the soldier
swallowed a good deal of the water in the swimming pool in which he was swimming
as he swam swam swam swam in the swimming pool, nobody knew nobody said nobody saw nobody jumped up in surprise nobody sat watching nobody knew the soldier was a soldier.
the blue skin way beneath the coming in and the going out way beneath the standing and the understanding and the overstanding and the beside standing and the dancing moment way beside way above but now way below the blue miniscus the swimming swallowing soldier heard nothing at all;
played like memories memories memories leaving memories arriving memories kept here, watch them now;
came in the door came in the big glass glass glass door and heard the pumping heartbeat of the motors bringing new waters into the swimming pool;
the said we have bought a horse away away no in the corner of some field seeds spreading all around when we dance awhile, awhile but the while will be in the dark and you will see nothing but you will know you will see nothing but you will know but you will faint because you see more than the soldier swallowing swimming pool water like a fighting fish.
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kneeling down on two elbows two knees three legs four horses no fruit no fruit just grass grass like grass brown grass and what's this grass here? red! i do not believe what they saw grass red oh yes - give me some more water from the swimming pool i'll spit or nothing;
...and she said soldier come on (sings) holy holy water holy water holy water holy water
i'm never going back everything you say, and everything you do, i'm ready but i'm just shit scared and that's why i come swimming and swallow half the damn pool because i have sort of sneeking, slurping, sensual suspicion that things could get - worse;
so well' said the soldier to the water and the water said, 'i am the only one who knows you are not as stupid as you seem' and then Green and Biscuit said, 'right on - and on - and we'll be dancing for you'
and this is mearly an illusion of being less frightened of what will happen when the soldier finishes his time in the swimming pool, gets out, dresses himself and decides which which which costume to put on which theatre to progress to which song to spit from his lips from his tongue from what remains of his teeth; dig dig soldier dig dig dig dig dig dig courage is fattening dig dig dig dig dig dig here is where it comes out all over the world
coming in ready ready ready coming in hup! coming in full to the brim Jim full to the clavicle two - the piano two - the trumpet two - to the bugle two - the man three - the horse four - the water the unknown country shrinking like a family, forgotten. There's room here .come you're all invited.
'Tanzquartier' Vienna, Austria April 3,4,5 2003 and is here in its original and uncut version; it does not include the text and sounds from Christian Reiner |