But nobody heard the boy's cry of alarm Nobody there except for the birds around the New England farm And they gathered in all directions, like roses they scattered And they were like compass grass coming together into the head of A shaman bouquet, slit in his nose and all the others went shooting And he saw the lights of traffic beckoning like the hands of Blake Grabbing at his cheeks, taking out his neck, all his limbs Everything was twisted and he said: "I won't give up, won't give up, don't let me give up I won't give up, come here, let me go up fast Take me up quick, take me up, up to the belly of a ship And the ship slides open and I go inside of it Where I am not human" (Patti Smith - Birdland)