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Shred

from Shimmer & Bloom by Ilpo

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lyrics

'A SHRED OF IDENTITY' BY DAMBUDZO MARECHERA

Will this moon scrap itself off my poems!
This twilight zone stretching between English school
And my cockroach voice?

To the ant perched on a grain of sand
My giant’s Artistic dilemma is scarcely visible
Only clearly seen when I raise my foot.

The bee on his sweet sticky errand, seeing me,
Shoots off at a tangent humming his scorn.

The early swallow from his searing flight
Scarcely casts instantaneous glance at my pains.

The dustman shrugs, hurls his concrete burden
Into factory hand adjusts the zip on his overalls
And without a care awaits his Call – factory’s siren.

The milkman cycles his round; the soldier
Kisses his girl hurries to carry out orders.

They all seem to know their own selves
While I like a madman continue to decipher
The print on a shred of blank paper
The print that is to become the poem behind this poem.

credits

from Shimmer & Bloom, released November 21, 2011
Words: ‘Shred of Identity’ by Dambudzo Marechera. Used with the kind permission of the Dambudzo Marechera Trust.

Voice: Christopher Simpson

Acoustic and electric guitars: Tero Heikkinen

Based on a concept and film poem by Nana Oforiatta-Ayim

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Ilpo Paris, France

Ilpo (Ilpo Jauhiainen, b. 1977 Finland) is a composer, music producer and sound artist. He works collaboratively and globally across the arts. His musical interests revolve around the possibilities and combinations of music and sound art, new global musical styles, contemporary classical and generative music. ... more

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