Good morning!
It’s Saturday and time for some music and poetry.
MUSIC IN ISOLATION
“The Room Where It Happened,” from Hamilton, starring Leslie Odom, Jr. (Burr), Daveed Diggs (Jefferson) and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton), to get out the vote, starting at the :30 mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o2FPRLLAGU
“You Can’t Stop the Beat,” from Hairspray, in isolation for the Actors’ Fund: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEgIJLlBFUI
POETRY
The poetic lyrics Grace Potter, from the album Daylight (courtesy of the perspicacious Alan Rosenbach):
“I never said I was a saint
I never said I’d be your savior
I never say I didn’t try to fight against my human nature
Let the past and future fall away
I will worship these wounds every day
Yeah, the cuts that bleed from my mistakes
Couldn’t keep my heart from giving way.
Love is love. It takes a hold
It’ll change your life, make you lose control
You can’t explain the things it does
But hearts are hearts, and love is love…”
Wanda Coleman, once again, with Dear Mama (4):
when did we become friends?
it happened so gradual i didn't notice
maybe i had to get my run out first
take a big bite of the honky world and choke on it
maybe that's what has to happen with some uppity youngsters
if it happens at all
and now
the thought stark and irrevocable
of being here without you
shakes me
beyond love, fear, regret or anger
into that realm children go
who want to care for/protect their parents
as if they could
and sometimes the lucky ones do
into the realm of making every moment
important
laughing as though laughter wards off death
each word given
received like spanish eight
treasure to bury within
against that shadow day
when it will be the only coin i possess
with which to buy peace of mind
Warmly,
Glenn
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