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Love Song for My Body - Bossa in Re

from The Garden of Terrors and Delights by The Starry Eyes

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Original poem by Cleveland Wall, music by Jorge Morel, performed by Michael Wall.

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Love Song for My Body

My love for you is no longer
at the bottom of the pool, my love.
And as no one would have
fished it out—least of all you,
modest thing—I can only guess
it has gone amphibious, flapped
onto land on webbèd feet,
its razor gills sucking the harsh air,
searching, searching, for you—
in the rectilinear house—listen:
it wheezes below your window.
all its monster longing pitched
at your indifferent head and now
it has found the key
under the mat, for it
is a clever beast, my love
for you; it fumbles with the lock
until the bolt clicks free, crashes
through the darkened kitchen
on its way to you, my love; for you
it mounts the creaking stair.
For you it comes, all ungainly,
swaying in the doorway, your
piercing shrieks in vain; in vain
your knitting needles hurled,
the dustpan shuffle: nothing
deters my love for you.
Oh, darling—be adaptive, come
to the night lagoon. There are fish
aplenty, glittering in starlit shoals,
the beds of seaweed rocking
gently, gravity itself suspended.
Come, be buoyant, my love!
Or, if you must, faint dead away
in the creature’s arms. See
how it carries you home!

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from The Garden of Terrors and Delights, released January 11, 2020
Voice: Cleveland Wall; guitar: Michael Wall. Recorded at Studio 11 in Bethlehem, PA. Sound engineer: Justin Merritt. Cover art: William Christine.

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The Starry Eyes Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

The Starry Eyes combine original poems with classical guitar repertoire for a strangely compelling dance in which the two pieces waver between convergence and juxtaposition. Guitarist Michael Wall and poet Cleveland Wall have been performing together since 2011. ... more

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