Cleaning Products

from Palle Malle 2009 by Hugo de Verteuil

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lyrics

She was born in the cinema
The midwife checked her forceps
Daddy was alarmed.

With projectors and admissions
Popcorn and vistavision
Refreshments intermissions
Big screen ambitions.

Spent her pocket money
On the maze of kings
They carried her to bed
After the late showing

The smell of cleaning products
Orange squash and bleach
As the temporary staff
Mop in the afternoon heat

With the crunch of velcro
Another sensitive scene
Shed and shaved itself
Like an ancient priest

Dropping souvenirs like Gretel
Into the long ago
She saw herself the hero
That big screen had shown

Landmarks blurred and obsolete
The frames they flickered fast
No director, no best boy
No script and no cast

In something she thought she recognised
With heavy head
Not a shred left
All goodbye instead

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from Palle Malle 2009, released January 1, 2011

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