Missed by the Media

[Lightning Rod]

I wanted to hear a recording of Whitman's voice
but Edison wasn't quick enough

I wanted to see a picture of Cleopatra
but Kodak wasn't an Egyptian

I wanted to see newsreels of Waterloo
the burning of Joan of Arc
but there were no mobile units then
and they had no place to park

How could you enjoy a high-speed chase
without a helicopter?

[sweetwater]

riding around on mopeds without helmets
as the last symbol

of a freedom fighter
on an almost harley
and how it all transfigures
trans-substantiates

and we all become old

but the words never fail us