On a Saturday Night
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On the windows, like tall ghosts guarding The Gate,
Our curtains fall rejecting the Gaffer's grip.
On the Box a minor video tapes himself murdering a girl.
His parents try to protect him.
On the leather chair Geoffrey sits reading the Bible.
On a Saturday night! Oh, my God!
On Triple J dance music beats its way
Mercilessly to the drum within.
On the screen, like tall ghosts, computer images rock rhythmically.
The Woman-instrument la-lars something, the Hi-hat goes wild.
A definite Bass is introduced and we're on our way....
It's a sony...
Everything records its own astral trip
Onto the Great Akashic CD Burner in the Sky.
And everything is recorded, every little thing;
Every thought and deed, emotion and need.

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Last updated February 2003

© Jason Smith & Warwick Kolleth, 1998