Burn Through the Artifice

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Burn Through the Artifice

Detritus devolving, concrete infinity, burn
through the artifice. Find nothing that can stop
the onslaught of the laser that bores into ice,
shattering the consciousness of the elite
in one fell swoop.
Burn through the artifice.

Standing is more work
than infinity would ever admit,
especially on the feet of silence.
Muse-speaker, cite an artificial blank
and ride onward into the swooping ice-fall.
Grasping for inkwells, the palm leaves
slip on puddles of beaming sunlight. Sing
onto a ballpoint pen until all can be found
within the flattened carcass of an idea. Burn
through the artifice.

Standing on infinity works
if silence allows infinity to speak.
Beyond-traveler, hold the hands of the cube
of ice which melts in puddles of heat.
Empty glasses seem to sparkle
relentlessly in the corners of the concrete.
Where shall the poles retreat to in the dead
of wintry elitism?

Standing on infinity
is harder then you’d think.
Burning through the artifice.
We are all on the brink.

Burn, Burning through
Burn, Burning through
Burn, Burning through
Burn, Burning through

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from House of Hummingbirds, released September 26, 2017
Written by Evan Zegiel, Nelson Gast, and Ben Harmsen. Performed by Anthony DeMartinis, Nelsong Gast, Ben Harmsen, and Evan Zegiel.

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House of Hummingbirds Ann Arbor, Michigan

House of Hummingbirds exists to burn through the artifice of the digital age and reconnect with the beauty of human emotions.

Evan Zegiel has been writing poetry and lyrics for years. He is primarily an orchestral tuba player, but has been playing bass and electric guitar for about the same amount of time. Merging those skills resulted in the birth of House of Hummingbirds. ... more

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