Caterpillars - The Handsome Family

Silvia was struck by lightning

While reading in bed one night

She left the windows open

And the storm caught her by surprise

For a day she laid here still as a stone

Clipped to pumps and tubes

Then out her window the street lights flashed

And at last, her fingers moved

She awoke to a cacophony of electric radio waves

Pulsing rays of energy falling from outer space

High and swaying towers

Down in basements full of dust

She could not escape the sterling

Or the 60 cycle arm

She moved on, tempted spectacles

Several fur lion capes

3 pairs of velvet gloves

A vain of dotted Swiss

But all the earth’s vibrations

Still pounded through her ears

So she packed a steamer trunk

And flew a prop plane to Belize

From there a log raft took her

Over raging waterfalls

Deep within uncharted jungle

Where giant caterpillars crawl

The spun their silk around her

A cocoon between the trees

And still she hangs there swinging

Deep within the dripping leafs

Keeping time with every rumble

Every quiver of the earth

And she slowly changes shape

With the turning of the world