Adrienne Rich - Vertigo lyrics
[Adrienne Rich - Vertigo lyrics]
As for me, I distrust the commonplace
Demand and am receiving marvels, signs
Miracles wrought in air, acted in space
After imagination's own designs
The lion and the tiger pace this way
As often as I call the flight of wings
Surprises empty air, while out of clay
The golden-gourded vine unwatered springs
I have inhaled impossibility
And walk at such an angle, all the stars
Have hung their carnival chains
Of light for me:
There is a streetcar runs from here to Mars
I shall be seeing you, my darling, there
Or at the burning bush in Harvard Square
Demand and am receiving marvels, signs
Miracles wrought in air, acted in space
After imagination's own designs
The lion and the tiger pace this way
As often as I call the flight of wings
Surprises empty air, while out of clay
The golden-gourded vine unwatered springs
I have inhaled impossibility
And walk at such an angle, all the stars
Have hung their carnival chains
Of light for me:
There is a streetcar runs from here to Mars
I shall be seeing you, my darling, there
Or at the burning bush in Harvard Square