Written for Black Harlequin in Sydney, 1991, not long after completing Gibson's Neuromancer.
Like city neon,
garbled radio voices tuning in and out of white noise heaven.
Turning point. Transition.
I awoke!
A thin strip of blue, maybe ink, above each eye.
I sat up exhausted. What were they telling me?
My mind raced throughout body
expelling the mess of messages,
trails of … Continue Reading ››
Tag Archives: libretto
Gone to Stone
Composed in Prague in 1994 and performed by the Fierce Throat screaming choir (once only).
This piece has returns to me from time to time... fragments from it weave through my thoughts... I dug it out and had to make something of it again. It was such a strong piece to perform, text and voices crass-thatched, … Continue Reading ››
God’s Tears Europa
Written in Prague, 1994, for Auslander und Staatenlose. Performed by the Fierce Throat Choir.
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I uphold the world
I raise my fists
I turn the key
I fight for you
I die for you
I long for you
God's tears Europa
Take the weight,
the weight
I know no pain
I take the pain
You open the doors
Fill our streets
with glassy eyes
with glassy hearts
Looks as though
they're here … Continue Reading ››
Die like a tourist
Written in the Philippines for Black Harlequin (1992), a spoken word opera. Performed solo and with the Fierce Throat Choir.
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Die like a tourist
Your mama said you would
Crawl like hugo clockwork
Draggin chains from Daisy's wood
You got blistered nipples so colourSo tortured by the sun
Mama's doin time
While you load that special gun
Feet been walkin charcoal
Easter Island ruby … Continue Reading ››
Free of Sin
Written for Black Harlequin, (1991) a spoken word opera.
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JSL
JSL NON
JSL
JSL NON MEE
JSL
JSL NON MII
JSL JSL JSL
I love the way breeze pulls at your hair
Unravels the tussles, leaving your fingers bare
Fingers clutching out of extinction
When all them bones shake off their graves
I love the moon fixed in its stare
Watched by … Continue Reading ››