Paint Can

My cabin in the woods is where I'll be
Establishing a plan for a tunnel through reality
So if the blinds are down leave me a note
Or tie to the thread that unravels from my overcoat
It's 11 days since I saw the sun
As the willows seem to remark upon
When they whisper down to me

Would a visitor be admissible
If her presence was inexplicable
In a passageway underneath a plane tree?

Did we jump around in time?
Beyond the yard we scaled the hill
The sassafras became Yggdrasil
And from the peak we climbed some more
Until we beat the high score

On Saturday I built a new machine
To plot a revolution at home on a computer screen
So if the power fails give me a sign
One more antediluvian message from my valentine

Would a visitor be a nervous wreck
If she found herself in a discotheque
In a passageway underneath a plane tree?

See you in the wintertime
Beyond the garden by the lake
Where woodpeckers tap out a drum break
Keep running till you find a cave
And listen for the sine wave

Hyperventilating in the factory of sound
We orchestrate the framework for a sonic battleground
Between the passengers aboard the submarine
Opening the loft hatch in the house where you were born
You journey back to childhood on your rocking unicorn
Until you find yourself beside the green

Beyond the field we made our mark
A spiky font cut into the bark
The formula for time machines
And friendship neverending

The rooftops are falling away
Er float through the nimbus in moon-bound ballet
Molecular clusters are superimposed
While back in my cabin the blinds are still closed