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Autobiography Of A Skyscraper

from Traffic Island by Susie Asado

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SKYSCRAPER

first I was an elevator
then I was a high-rise
now I am a skyscraper
scraping the sky

first I was steel
then I was concrete
now I am all electricity
look at me eat

I'm so modern
I'm angles and glass
I'm so modern
I'm abstract world class

first I was all stairs
then I was all floors
now I am very tall
soon I'll be yours

first I was a blue print
then I was all feet
now I am newsprint
it's time that we meet

I'm so modern
I'm angles and glass
I'm so modern
I'm abstract world class

first I could see the horizon
then I was watching cranes
now I am looking at walls
and elevated trains

first I was fancy offices
then conveniently located down-town penthouses
now I am a museum
that slowly decomposes

a museum without visitors
a museum without sculptors
a museum without collectors
a museum without benefactors
a museum with nothing showing
a museum with the wind blowing
through empty floors and rooms
I am a inner-city tomb

that wants to stay modern
and wants to love
wants you to see my vertical lines
and revolving doors
I want to stay modern
and I want to love
I want to kiss the sky the birds
the escalators
and the elevators
and the the visitors
I want to kiss the visitors

because I'm so modern
I'm angles and glass
I'm so modern
I'm abstract world class

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from Traffic Island, released December 9, 2011

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Susie Asado Berlin, Germany

Susie Asado lives in Berlin. That is the band, not the poem. The poem is by Gertrude Stein. Yes, there is such a poem. The band is not a poem. It is a band. Josepha writes the songs. She takes this very seriously, as she takes the band very seriously and of course the poem, that is Gertrude Stein very seriously. ... more

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