song title / lyrics

"kansas creeps in"

mortuary sundown, chemical clouds
stethoscopes hang from sycamore trees

"all of 'em in!" cries,
a duel on the dew drops --
and Kansas creeps in....

a thousand years later in a ovulating cloud
chrome walls clang: "everyone down!"

thorns impede escape,
mental symbols intravenous --
and Kansas creeps in...

zombie at the customs counter counting his take
whiskers and roulette on Vasectomy Day

a 'couple screws loose
on the sleek electric skin -
and Kansas creeps in

tick tock ho hum on the grandfather clock
grandmother murmuring, swiveling in the room

close to ejection,
a barricade of ruin -
and Kansas creeps in...

children in a loop, top hat, and anemic
perched in a man-sized manatee trap

punch-drunk controller
driving steamroller -
and Kansas creeps in

and Kansas creeps in
and Kansas creeps in
and Kansas creeps in
and Kansas creeps in