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MONSOON LIFE

MONSOON LIFE

(with saxaphone)

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Kate Hawkes
Aug 21, 2023
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Just out of the corner of my eye,
Just moving in the warm breeze
Caught in the sun's bright light,
A little thin wand of a branch waves
Silently.

(music begins)

Somewhere a bird cries desperately
Like a child calling for help.
My mind says,'Just a bird'.
My heart reaches back to the cries
In my past.
The noise swells and grows and hides the light.
The branch rattle…

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