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Face of An Emperor

from face of an emperor by Menchaca

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Pray for the soul of Mary Adams
On holiday by the sea
Taken sideways when the wave came
And into the blue company

Pray for the soul of Mary Adams
Her lifespan one long anxiety
Given to fearing what might have happened
Taken by what she could plainly see

A premonition of the face of an emperor
His simian visage, his fin-like wings
A dream she had in her one-room efficiency
Coming down to her now like images on film

That’s when the wave came
When silence left an opening
When calm betrayed a crossway
Of physics and anatomy

And so Mary Adams went
Her tresses streaming out preceding her
Arm in arm with the element
That in eliminating so delivered her

At last with the wave gone
And the oxygen balloon departing for the mirror
She committed to the change recreating her
With the element arm in arm

Moments of panic in the blue world
And then beginning to perceive
Other kingdoms, other wastelands
As Christ entered his father’s heaven arm in arm with thieves

Arm in arm, arm in arm…pray for the soul of Mary Adams

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from face of an emperor, released December 2, 2019

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Menchaca Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Menchaca is a Pittsburgh-based artist, composer and writer.

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