This is the first 10 or so minutes of Dementia. The full 17:46 version is on the Perpetual Insanity CD at: http://www.cafepress.com/xaagma/485543

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Evolved from some really long-winded poem back in the 1980's. It's about dog biscuits.

out on the field
there's a great big dog biscuit
it just sits there
and it doesn't move at all
at all

out on the field
i saw something jump
moving towards fort lauderdale
maybe it got the dog biscuit
just maybe

but no, i see the dog biscuit
it's still out there on the field
it didn't go after it
i can't see why
it tastes so good
why?

right behind me
i hear a plane flying in the sky
right behind my back
i don't know what it's doing
i'm gonna find out

there are shoes on my window sill
(what are you doing on my window sill?)
they just there
sometimes they'll take a look outside
and then they'll turn away
turn away

conservation of matter
a law that i like to disobey
but what about that dog biscuit?
well, it ain't got nothing to do with it
no no

i found a newspaper
out on the sidewalk
it was all wet
the ran onto my fingers
my fingers

i saw a banana
it was sitting there on the table watching tv
imported from costa rica
that's what the label said, costa rica
i think, i think
now, i don't know

perpetual insanity sets in
my nerves begin to tighten
is it a waste of time?
will it cost you a dime?
dementia arrives like a contaminant
what if the rainbow forgets to bend?
dirty dishes, dirty dishes
parked vans, continuum

halitosis, lots of breath mints
did the typewriter do anything?
well, its defiance is something
goodbye detectives
i will not impede
in the spring we will plant seeds
seeds of dementia, seeds of dementia
if i'm insane
what did you put in my brain?

down in the subway
decaying sandwiches sit in the corners
filling the air with fetid smells
why did i go down here?
why?

the acceleration of the bus
it always seemed to catch my attention
the windows are bolted down
and the milk cartons are in the basement
in the basement

it is enigmatic
day after day i see weird things
eating inner tubes
digestion is slowing up
digestion

the celestial sphere
i see a vacuum cleaner
let's go play with it
it makes lots of noise
noise

i'm playing with the toilet
i don't know why
i think i'm in the living room
dementia
i think, i think
now, i don't know

the acanthus just fell off the wall
there are voices in the room
can you hear them
walking through a field of acacia
surprise! surprise!
dementia arrives, seeds of dementia
if i'm insane
know that nothing is happening in my brain