Gawker published a chart of the most used words in pop music by decade. It's oddly psychological. Oddly vague and uneasy to read.
Brian thought we should write poems.
Here is his.
Below is mine.
From _ to _
There was a moment when the sky opened and you cried uncle
up until not the clouds had kept it all at bay collapsing into yourself you cried uncle
and the giving was somehow – It
has begun to rain gems
they tink on the pavement collect
in arroyos are water blue
Remember when we spoke in phases of the moon
When the children all looked like they were doing a polka
Look I know that we
left you crying in the desert but we were on mushrooms
– It’s Christmas…
On the radio – baby
it’s
cold outside woman –
That song
is always creepy I hate the
sound of the word love
What did you see out there when we left you
In the breaking clouds was there a face – did it come for
you
stretching into a scream I never believed in – I know it was
terrible when we –