Two E. E. Cummings Songs

Song Cycle by Augusta Read Thomas (b. 1964)

1. (kiss me)
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
up into the silence the green
 [ ... ]

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2. the sky was
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
the
     sky
          was
can    dy    lu
minous
         edible
spry
        pinks shy
lemons
greens   coo   l choc
olate
s.

  un  der,
  a    lo
co
mo
      tive     s    pout
                            ing
                                 vi
                                 o
                                 lets

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Total word count: 93