(Quick note: The following is a found poem from the lyrics of the album A

Digital Ash in a Digital Urn, by Bright Eyes. Each verse was found from the track
number listed above it. For instance, the 12 verse was found from Track 12,
Easy/Lucky/Free, etc. The poem can be read top to bottom, left to right, or with
each verse standing alone to add several layers of meaning. The format was chosen
because clocks are a common leitmotif throughout the album.)

A DIGITAL ASH IN A DIGITAL URN

12
Heaven in the ground
is all Im doing now,
set my watch to the atomic bomb faces
in the clouds
11
1
Im falling bad, for I can see- I see God
your escape
cant turn it of
10
a good man
swinging pendulums

2
and a girl from class to touch
we divvy up death

9
I wanna cut you open
code
in a column of light

3
crack the
carve it into stone

8
a place to dwell,
I made amends with

4
a rabbit hole
that pasty white sun

7
5
time, both fast and slow
is scratched with a pen
I wasnt looking hard enough at this lie between my teeth, but I feel
free
6
in the middle of drinks:
lovely bloomed nightmares
what could mean more than this?