Datson Hughes - Tesseract Bird

from NEW DEPRESSION SONGS by Geoffrey Datson

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To build a thirteen-sided square
turn it slowly in mid-air.
Deep in a mirror and bird’s nest
soft mud gully is the best
for shrinking down humans
very small, very small, very small.

When the breath is citric on top lip
pinaforte, pinaforte, pinaforte
on war hero’s chest
Dissection diction, Bible black,
the square’s still rolling front to back.
Make a seven-layered date
combining centuries old and late.

Knowledge by the birdsong voice
(the sound is squared its volume doubled)
a spell of choice is spelling trouble.
Two drops of blood now mingle
tender war engine awaits the signal.
Why did you enter these trees
with neck and collar exposed to lure?

Don’t fear the rooster
don’t fear the rooster
don’t fear the rooster.
It’s the three crows you can’t use.

(And that’s an alphabetic forest
for all you bright, rambling
latter-day romantics).

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from NEW DEPRESSION SONGS, released July 12, 2018
Written, performed and Produced - Geoffrey Datson
Fem Vox and bird whistle - Annette Hughes

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GEOFFREY DATSON is a sound artist, combining spoken word, electronica and instrumentation in his recordings. Many poets recite their work to music, but few are also composers. Datson's work is a synthesis of forms of sonic expression in which the voice and the sound field are interdependent. ... more

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