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Black Noise
Black Tie White Noise 1993

Cara Losier Chanoine

He has no eyes, they say,
he has no mouth.
Oh lord, just let him
see me,
putting on the black tie,
cranking out the white noise.

When comes the shaking man,
streaking cathedral fire.
Heaven’s girl in a wedding gown,
a yellow dime on high,
she knows what noise can do.
We’re divisible now,
the stitches torn and broke,
but don’t I feel like a saint alive.

Who’s got the blood,
who’s got the gun?
Lit by the glare of an L.A. fire,
the ceiling is the sky
and there’ll be some blood,
no doubt about it.
The danger passing you
turns its face into the heat.

Now you’re looking for God
in exciting new ways,
like a black-hearted violin.
It’s the nature
of too many lonely nights
but you can’t buy me off
in this serial world.

Where the traffic is thin,
I slip
from a vacant view.
Where’s the pain
in the violent night?
Head
tell me,
skin
tell me,
breath
tell me—
the less we know
the better we feel.

There’s no world
so wide
for pursuing your frenzy
while my lunatic lyric
goes wrong,
so I’ll put all my eggs
in this postmodern song
but I can’t make you dance
to the noise.
These vicious chords
offer joy,
but I can’t make you
dance to the noise.

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