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Mr Lumpus Decides to Die

from The Purpose of the Moon by Jack of None

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Pop?
Wake up.
Wake up, Pop.
Please…
It’s the graveyard diggers.

At exactly 3:61 a.m., Mr. Lumpus decides to die. Legless, but not quite lifeless, Mr. Lumpus is filled with a hypnagogic sense of desire. He thrusts himself on the floor. He makes his way to the door. Wobbles to walk, wobbles to walk-- locked. “The key,” he says, “the key is in my mind! The key is in my mind! And the river-- of rats and wrongs, of cats with songs-- the river is where I can wash (shhh)…” The river, the quiver, the grateful dead forgiver with the death dance.

“Each year, hundreds of people disappear on the world’s transport systems.
They leave their belongings, like suicide notes, on terminal benches,
in the aisles, in overhead luggage racks and under their seats.
Seeming, quite literally, to vanish without a trace.”

And the graveyard diggers with the saints and the sinners-- dance
And the graveyard diggers with the saints and the sinners-- dance
And the graveyard diggers with the saints and the sinners—dance
And the graveyard diggers with the saints and the sinners-- dance

: Pop? Wake up. Please...

: Vanish without a trace.

: Wake up, Pop.

: Vanish without a trace.

: It’s the graveyard diggers.

And the graveyard diggers with the saints and the sinners-- dance
And the graveyard diggers with the saints and the sinners-- dance
And the graveyard diggers with the saints and the sinners-- dance
And the graveyard diggers with the saints and the sinners—dance

At exactly 9:02 a.m., Mr. Lumpus is declared not dead, but missing--
vanished without a trace.

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from The Purpose of the Moon, released November 13, 2020
Lyrics, Poetry and Vocals by Maxine Syjuco
Music Written and Performed by A.G. Syjuco

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Jack of None Chicago, Illinois

JACK OF NONE is an experimental rock band comprised of siblings A.G. Syjuco (composer on guitar, bass, synthesizers and programming), Maxine Syjuco (poet-songwriter and vocalist), and Julian Syjuco (guitar).

The band has received critical acclaim for their forward-thinking approach to fusing electronically-charged experimental music with spoken word poetry. ... more

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