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The Ideal City

What blue child serious and deadly
Sits above the moon to judge the world
Only a madman would scrim the truth
Knock the wind out of the bourgeoisie
And still find someone to pay for it

It's the Ideal City, above heaven itself
Hills and mountains hidden by the round strength
I cried there, between the wells so perfectly balanced
Silver porches and slender silent gusts
This was protection, a small golden light
A glass detail sweep the marble piazza

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from Bushwick Book Club presents Bob Holman, released April 8, 2015

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The Bushwick Book Club Brooklyn, New York

We started in January 2009 playing songs written in response to Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. We haven't stopped since. We've written & performed songs inspired by everything from "On The Origin of Species" to Dr. Seuss to Raymond Carver. There are BBCs popping up nationwide now. Bushwick Book Club Seattle started in 2010 & is run by Geoff Larson. Our nerdy dare-devilry knows no bounds. ... more

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