Hercules and Einstein

from Sorry State by Christopher Thomas Elliott

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Hercules says to Einstein, “I’m no genius.
I’ve been beaten-down and destroyed but not defeated.
Have you seen Japanese sky fall?
Listen, Al. The bomb burned their shadows onto the walls.”

“Hercules, I can see their shadows haunt your features
From Olympus to Berlin in your black t-shirt.
You got the muscle, I got the crazy hair.
Let’s rock some Amadeus with my fiddle, pull up a chair.”

“Like you play with the bow, Al, my father played with lightning,
Silhouettes of the enemy vivid, storm cloud striking.”
“Hercules, the form of a woman can make you spin.
A gentleman holds his lady like a violin.”

“I’ve seen Troy burn in their beds, I’ve seen Mars burn masses,
But it’s the shadows burned onto walls that torture my conscience.”
“Look at old Ludwig there, his hair messy as mine
Composing strings, deaf therefore divine.”

“Reaching out from a blasted wall, the shadows hug the air.
I step where they wrap their arms so somebody’s there.”
“You need help, strong man, love when the days begin.
Sleeping next to me she sings like a violin.

Sleeping next to me she sings like a violin.
You need help, strong man, love when the days begin.”
Hercules and Einstein at a loss for words,
Heaven alive with the hum of hummingbirds.

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from Sorry State, released May 1, 2020

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