The Great Stare (for Marie Falconetti and Paddy McAloon)

from End Vogue by Spencer Owen

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There have been countless close-ups of this single face: some on
camera, some imagined in the minds of this fickle race. Surely those
are many greater that remain inside one's head; nonetheless, an
imprint made on anyone who's ever said: "This love and this hatred
overwhelm me. How can I behave in ways that are good for me? The laws
of this state will condemn me, but the great stare will never cease to
haunt me."
Look -- look -- they are reacting -- people walking, sitting, driving,
all reacting. Bound by many sets of laws, they just cannot be let go.
But these eyes cannot be blamed. They are a side effect of every
natural rule.
(Of this face, every direction reminds me: epicene, impassioned,
limitless, untiring. In it is war and silence and tranquility. And
what is melodrama but sincerity?)

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from End Vogue, released July 22, 2012
SO: electric guitar, synthesizers, singing, percussion, MPC fills, handclaps
Drew Stoeckel: MPC programming, handclaps
Tyler Martin: handclaps

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