Caterpillars

	  		
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Sylvia was struck by lightning  
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while reading in bed one night 
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She'd left the windows open, 
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and the storm caught her by surprise 

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For days she lay still as stone  
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hooked to pumps and tubes 
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Then out her window, the street lights flashed  
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and at last her fingers moved 

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She awoke to a cacophony  
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of electric and radio waves 
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Pulsing rays of energy  
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falling from outer space 

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High in swaying towers,  
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down in basements full of dust 
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She could not escape the static 
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or the sixty cycle hum 

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She wore dark-tinted spectacles 
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several fur-lined capes 
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Three pairs of velvet gloves 
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a veil of dotted swiss 

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But all the Earth's vibrations  
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still pounded through her ears 
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So she packed a steamer trunk 
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and flew a prop plane to Belize 

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From there a log raft took her  
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over raging waterfalls 
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Deep within uncharted jungle  
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where giant caterpillars crawl 

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They spun their silk around her 
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a cocoon beneath the trees 
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And still she hangs there swaying 
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deep within the dripping leaves 

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Keeping time with every rumble,  
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every quiver of the Earth 
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And she slowly changes shape  
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with the turning of the world 

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