how are you

commissioned by Avimimus (Lauren McAllister & Alexandra Kassouf) in 2022

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• A Blessing of Discontent

[how are you - poem by Kitty O'Meara - used by permission]

In the rushing there was doing
and in the doing hiding
there were hours of making mountains
or making mountains smaller

in the coming and the going
we were rushing barely seeing
how are you i am fine
that is good let's work hard
let's make money to buy items
we don't need that fill holes

there were men who did evil
in our name with our money
we were rushing we were doing
we were hiding never seeing
we weren't seeing barely seeing
we weren't looking we were lying

we weren't asking to be wiser
we weren't listening to hear
we were rushing we were doing
we spent hours making mountains
or making mountains smaller

we were hiding always hiding

how are you how are you

how are you?

I am still...
I am quiet...
I am looking...
I am seeing...
I am listening to the birds...

• vocal - two or more solo voices