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Meanwhile The Replicators
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Another fantasy live performance.

I'm on 12-string and doing the reciting. Mary Jane (MyFakeIdentity) helps out with vocals and tenor guitar.

This was originally published as a poem archived here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20151003054414im_/http://home.comcast.net/~t129wojce647/writing/mu/replicators.html

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Released: 17-Sep-2025
Category: Other
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File type: mp3
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Lyrics
Meanwhile The Replicators 

it's as perfect and cold as a crystal 
yet we've only begun 
our ideation 

meanwhile the replicators 

take note 
of the recursive cycle 
of the latest creation 

in the spring 
a time to regain 
our emerald bearings 
as the sprouting spill their seed 
over the land 

the spiraling seasons 
each unlike any other 

look at your chronometer 
look at your heart 
look at your life 
look at your plan 

meanwhile the replicators 
have invaded our planet 

in a room in the twilight 
the old watchmaker 
rechecks the crystal face 
snaps close the solid case 
of his latest creation 

it's a pocket watch 
unlike any other 

interlocking gears 
with a precise movement 
and emerald bearings 

and in its way 
if we could see 
it explains it all 
crystal clear 
how it is that we are here 

but the daylight is failing 
the watchmaker is blind 

he stumbles 

in the fall 
he drops the timepiece 
before he can hand us the thing 
flailing hands 

the case bursts open 
spilling all over the floor 

out of control 
it's all come undone 
the spring is spiraling 

meanwhile the replicators 
have invaded our planet 
nothing can stop them 

they fight tooth and nail 
this new way of seeing 
they cannot accept 
this new way of being 

but hold your thoughts 
close to your heart 
try to appreciate 
the crystalline way 

the emerald leaves 
of order 
will once again emerge 
from snowblind chaos 

give it time 

as our flailing hands 
keep moving in circles 
day after day 

meanwhile the replicators 
have invaded our planet 
nothing can stop them 
as they continually evolve 

and we will 
eventually 
begin to believe it 

we 
are they 

(c)2005 by Bill Grundmann
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