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The Previous Set of Almost Haiku was not the Last [cycle number 5]

Song Cycle by Richard Farber (b. 1945)

1. Cycles and sets
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
An almost depressed cycle
A sentimental love song
Sets of almost haiku
Toys that I did not have
Is all this depression a life?

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Cycles and sets", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. Gout
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Gout starts as an episode
 	a few days or a week
it progresses until it is months at a time
	pain is not sublime.

Text Authorship:

  • by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Gout", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Not God
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
I am an old man now for many years
I was an almost old man for many years before
The gout not god has dragged me through the chasm
No aleatory repeat the day
The rift of life is one way.

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  • by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Not God", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4. A Zen sound
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
On the days when it rains or my gout is too bad
I smoke my pipe on the service porch by the kitchen
Where the dryer is stacked on the washer
It is good that I find the sound of the washing and the drying relaxing.

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  • by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "A Zen sound", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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