Emptiness Full of Stars

The universe does not exist

Before it does

Before it does

Before it does

Before it does

A can of shaving cream inflates

A ping-pong ball of foam

Thick, hot, smaller than an atom

Soon the size of the world

The universe does not exist

Before it does

Before it does

Before it does

Before it does

Before it does

This does take time to happen

Back at the start, back at the start

Again, a pinprick swells so violently, it shoots out

Hallways to other worlds

But keeps expanding

Till it is all there is

The universe is all there is, there is

The universe is all there is

The universe is all there is, there is

The universe is all there is

There is the universe, there is

Travel with me back

Before it grows to more

The church bell bongs

Which means it must be noon

And the small birds singing

And the sudden silence

And the curtains billow

And the spring thunder

Will follow

The universe is all there is, there is

The universe is all there is

The universe is all there is, there is

The universe is all there is, there is

The universe is all there is, there is

There is the universe, there is

And the rush of freshness

And the epileptic fit that foams

The universe does not exist

Before it does

Before it does

Before it does

Before it does

There is

The universe is all there is, there is

The universe is all there is

The universe is all there is, there is