As frail hinges pivot on a case's door, commemorative
Souvenirs from places, containers changed with each occasion
A cellophane-encased display of paper certificates
To credit years of service, a tool of central enterprises
The early hope for permanence, the words, the rings, consistency
The social security, a miracle's high tragedy
A thought mistaken for a memory, clear the dust from the smiles in boxes
Pass the patterned wall recall their voices
A local post will list your friends in order of disappearance
Lawn scattered tins feed birds a portion baked for absent guests
And the mass-edition icon god sent comfort, your salvation
But who grants absolution for sins that never were committed?
Tension makes a tangle of each thought becomes an inconvenient
Sound, as it never penetrates as servile edges break and fade the
Thought mistaken for a memory, a dress length, assassination
A fractured family tie another christening, a christening
A fractured family tie and another christening, christening, christening
Thought mistaken for a memory, a dress length, assassination
A fractured family tie another christening, a christening
A fractured family tie and another christening
Christening, christening, christening