[Guests]

Ending the summit

Ending the summit

Ending the summit

Ending the summit

Ending the summit

Ending the summit

Ending the summit

Ending the summit

Ending the summit

Ending the summit

[Dennis Cleveland]

I’d like to talk to you about money

[Audience member #3]

A moment, that’s all I ask for

A moment or two of your time

A bucket of sand and a flask-full

To hold your attention to mine

In truth, I am not a receiver;

I’ve never set foot on the beach

But that morning I just could not leave her:

Her mirage was the measure to reach

[Audience mender #3 & Dennis Cleveland and Guests]

All my life I’ve been loveless L-O-V-E-L-E-S

Out of spite and above it L-O-V-E-L-E-S

Look, if I can create this L-O-V-E-L-E-S

Then the sky is the limit L-O-V-E-L-E-S

[Audience members]

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

[Guest #1]

At a nearby clam bar

I accept the message…

That my time here has finally been defined

I have no regrets, certainly no remorse

For the period that has passed

The occasion spent searching-

Well, searching is a bit strong-or misleading;

I was mostly watching TV…

But still, hoping for some idea of purpose

Days would come and go

I loved coffee shops

I loved bars

Bars with talk shows especially

These weren’t just stop offs-they passed as life

And life takes a shape

Turns it ’round

Has a conversation with itself

Is oblivious to passions

To mistakes

To favorite foods

To the rise and fall

The rise from Luna Park

And over the sea wall: the parachute drop

The decline and fall of a near city

Crossed off a vacationer’s list

And paraphrased to death

It is in my best interest

(a thought enters my head)

To snoop around this place

So that Dreamland should not happen to me

The descendants of Steeple Chase:

Their lives gone

And where they lived and played gone

So that any meaning remaining would be

So to speak, up for grabs

So much so, like the meaning of money:

Cold hard cash-

That you could hold; use it to hold

Over others heads

Money is everywhere-turn around and it’s there

(Ending the summit of apparent money)

Money is everywhere-turn around and it’s there

[Guests]

Ending the summit

Ending the summit

Ending the summit

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

[Audience members]

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money

[Audience member #4]

I take walks and it’s some consolation

That the mind is a blank most ‘the time

I have mastered the art of creation

If creation’s attendant to rhyme

I’m content in my own observation:

For saints this is how it must be

If no answer appears on the station

I inherit another TV

[Audience mender #3 & Dennis Cleveland and Guests]

All my life I’ve been loveless L-O-V-E-L-E-S

Out of spite and above it L-O-V-E-L-E-S

Look, if I can create this L-O-V-E-L-E-S

Then the sky is the limit L-O-V-E-L-E-S

[Audience members]

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings

Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit

Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit

Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit

Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit

Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit

Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit

Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit

Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit

[Audience member #5]

Born to crawl, born to walk, born to end-run

In a uniform dressed in a suit

And the numerous takes under the sun

Draws a line in the sand I can shoot

The bombardment from TV is endless

I can bear it with suitable ire

The unwinding of constant remembrance

Brings to mind an unspeakable choir

[Audience mender #3 & Dennis Cleveland and Guests]

All my life I’ve been loveless L-O-V-E-L-E-S

Out of spite and above it L-O-V-E-L-E-S

Look, if I can create this…