Humankind

from Humankindweed by Fowl

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This began as a poem inspired by the TS Eliot line, Humankind cannot bear very much reality. This explains some of the strange line breaks in the song as it was originally meant to be read not sung.

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Humankind cannot bear too much entertainment All time spent watching Netflix is unredeemable Sooner or later everything palls And we must face the moment Stare down our predicament Or dig a deeper hole in which to stew Humankind cannot bear too much reading
In time the eyes collapse into the back of the head And every word read becomes solitary Devoid of context, dead, buttocks, brains and body numb And meaning dissolves into meaninglessness Humankind cannot bear too much solitary drinking When spirits are low spirits make them lower still And the more we drink the more we spill Over into depression and despair till we lose All sense of who or where or what or why or when And grovel through the hours Humankind cannot bear too many snacks Pringles, Twixes, biscuits, breadsticks, Gummi bears. The taste Buds have no sense of what’s coming next And everything resolves to sugar and salt and sluggishness And torpor and feeling slightly sick Humankind cannot bear too much Skype or Zoom Or Hangouts, Facetime, Whatsapp or whatever Flat faces ,robot voices, chair bound Deskbound, housebound hanging round with nothing much to say Except what’s all been said before much better with A touch or hug or look when passing on the stairs.

credits

from Humankindweed, released February 26, 2021
Ben McCabe - drums, backing vocals, French horn
Hugh Nankivell - viola, piano, electric guitar, glockenspiel,
Graham Browning - vocals
Richard Evans - bass and mixing

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Fowl England, UK

Hugh Nankivell and Graham Browning have worked and played together for over 20 years. They now call themselves Fowl and they spent much of 2020 and lockdown writing songs together and recording them remotely with contributions from a variety of friends. ... more

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