10,000 Maniacs — Tension

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As frail hinges
Pivot on a case’s door
Commemorative
Souvenirs from places

Containers change
With each occasion
A cellophane encased
Display of paper

Certificate
To credit years of service
A tool of central enterprises
The early hope

For permanence
The words
The rings
Consistency
The social security

A miracle is high tragedy
Thought mistaken
For a memory
Clear the dust from
Smiles in boxes

Pass a patterned wall
Recall their voices
A local post
Will list your friends

In order of
Disappearance
The lawn scattered
Tins feed birds
A portion baked for

Absent guests
And the mass edition icon
God sent comfort
Your salvation

But who grants absolution
For sins that
Never were committed
Tension makes a tangle

Of each thought
Becomes an inconvenience
Sound as it never penetrates
As servile edges
Break and
Feint

Thought mistaken
For a memory
A dress length
Assassination
A fractured family tie
Another christening

Christening
Christening
Christening