Cod O’Donnell - Katzenklavier (Gems in the Rough 2023 Submission)

Here is My Entry for the Gems on VHS Competitions. It’s a Song about an Instrument Which Extracts Melody from the Cries of Cats. Or the End of the World. Or Both…
Lyrics:
A Couch Abandoned in the Streets;
There's No One There to Dent Its Cushions,
A Crab and Squirrel Fight Over Cheese;
Their Brains Attuned to Easy Protein.
Greasy Clouds of Seretide Cling to the Pavements;
Cognizant Lungs Hoover the Slime,
The Sun is Caught Within an Onion Jar;
Stalled & Stuck - Suspended in Old Salt.
A Church Appears on the Horizon;
Its Detached Bell Pokes Through the Rafters,
Rooftop Copper - Blue and Corroded,
You Can Smell the Rain 3 Miles Away;
Due to Doomsday Acidity.
There's a Figure Hanging 'Round St. Andrew's Square;
Selling Expired Post Cards and Canisters of Bottled Air,
His Boney Fingers Vibrate and Click and Creak;
Producing a Gated Shriek for the Ones Who'd Linger there...
The Sound Escapes and then Grows Weak,
Strange the Difference in a Week,
He Takes Requests but Won't Play Slayer,
The Walls Applaud his Katzenklavier.