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Thursday
02:08
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Text by Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Scat 2
04:29
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Letter from Beirut
04:56
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Text by Lory Bedikian
Dear Cousin -
The country is on fire again.
Today, rockets hit nearby.
Lebanon is so small
everything can be heard.
For years we have known
the language of bombs.
But tonight, tonight it is quiet.
The country is falling.
People have fled their homes.
Children are dead.
Here, in the eastern part,
we are safe, for now.
Sorry for writing you late.
Everything is shut down.
I have no work.
Indoors most of the time.
We sit and wait for news.
Our lights flicker on and off
like the winter moon.
People's hearts have turned
hard as rocks. No one walks
the streets. Only the old men
at the corner argue until dusk.
They are so close to death,
they don't tremble as we do.
For now, this much.
It is difficult to write.
Our ears are accustomed
to explosions and running feet.
But tonight, tonight it is so quiet,
so silent you could hear
the strike of a match.
-Lory Bedikian
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The Green Child
15:53
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Text and libretto by Ashi Day, adapted from works by Marcel Schwob, Wilhelm Hey
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A Woman Keeps Opening
02:48
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Text by Jenny Factor (www.jennyfactor.net)
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Eve’s Diary
11:19
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Text by Mark Twain.
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Say I Am a River
03:15
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Text by Mary Buchinger (www.marybuchinger.com)
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It’s Bedtime
03:58
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Text by Christina Rossetti.
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