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Sung with Annie Tippe and Catherine Brookman.

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the teal light
of a summer dawn
steals onto the terrace
she tunes an old flute
older than her mother
against the crying cicadas
cicadas of august
with your cymbals of chitin
why are you flying away?
from me
into the teal distance
beneath the blue of heaven

in the teal light
of an autumn dawn
she sweeps clean the terrace
she slips on a robe
embroidered with gold
by the hands of her dear mother
her mother was a farmer
she sang of the harvest
and love that flew away
from her
into the teal distance
beneath the blue of heaven

see the tea lights
of a spring dawn
scattered on the terrace
that old silver flute
gold mouthpiece to boot!
rests in its place by the stairs
oh i hear the doves sing
they're wearin their neck rings
and now they're flying away
to you
into the teal distance
clothed in the blue of heaven

a storm comes
she steps indoors
and the doves stop singing
to hear
the blue
hallelujah
of heaven

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from Live Vol. 2: Apartment Concert 01272018, released February 7, 2018

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JJJJJerome Ellis Norfolk, Virginia

JJJJJerome Ellis is an animal, artist, and proud stutterer from Tidewater, VA. Through music, literature, performance, and video he researches relationships among blackness, disabled speech, divinity, nature, sound, and time.

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