Divan
[includes a quote from Tico-Tico no Fuba (Zequinha de Abreu)]
[Pauley Pavilion, UCLA, California
August 7, 1971]
Ballen von Zecken
Und alten Sporthemden, Sporthemden, Sporthemden
Lachen von Feuer
Lachen von Gummi
Lachen von Tranen
(Sheets of tears)
Ooh ooh ooh awh . . .
Lachen von getrocknetem Wasser
(Sheets of drywall and roofing)
Lachen von drywall und roofing
(Sheets of large deprived rumba)
Lachen von riesigen, tief-gefrorenen Rumba
A light shines down from heaven
A dense ecumenical bandana
At the right hand of God's big rumba
And his voice pronounceth out
In sheets of plywood
And bales of old sportshirts
And this is what he said
Beklecker nicht
Beklecker nicht
Beklecker nicht
Beklecker nicht
Mein Sofa!
And you know what that means . . .