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If Only by Adam Quin Take a snapshot view of your world One that is sedate and serene

If Only by Adam Quin Take a snapshot view of your world One that is sedate and serene You’re at the top and it’s not a dream You look out and everything’s fine And in a New York minute you’re spun on a dime Suddenly you are face to face With the limits of Company ambition

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If Only by Adam Quin Take a snapshot view of your world One that is sedate and serene

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  1. If Only by Adam Quin Take a snapshot view of your world One that is sedate and serene You’re at the top and it’s not a dream You look out and everything’s fine And in a New York minute you’re spun on a dime Suddenly you are face to face With the limits of Company ambition And the scars of America’s political marketplace Ever close your eyes Ever think why? Sit, really think and listen Find a reason for so many to die No sign of life, it’s all gone Take a walk in an empty room Memories come rushing up to loved ones now Sadness is mixed with war and gloom You know it never ceases to amaze you and me This world where we just exist Is absolutely full of maniacs and crazies Who demand protection from a well-produced list You know I can’t help thinking That one day soon We will all wake up We will all be on the moon Soaring above the heavens Looking back on what has been Seeing things we’ve never really seen Thinking how it all could have been If only the Moon had stayed up If only the Sun hadn’t woke If everyone were late for work They would have been warned off by the smoke If Only

  2. Silence (Over Manhattan) by Paula Bardell A black September shadow cloaks the dawn, The City’s once white teeth now rotting stumps, Midst choking dusty embers ether-borne, Its shrunken soundless heart now barely pumps. Infernos upon retribution rise, Fanaticism maddening the flames, Its once imposing deities abscise, As the faceless antagonist proclaims: A consummation sweet but unfulfilled, A penetrative burst without regret, A zealous passion never to be stilled, An earthly instinct powerful, and yet - This bitter loathing blowing from the East, Curtailed but could not kill the feisty beast.

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