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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Words from the news
 (Sung text for setting by S. Grill)
 Matches base text
Language: English 
Eric  Garner had just  broken up a  fight.
Ezell Ford was walking in his neighborhood.
Michelle Cusseaux was changing the lock on her home door 
when police arrived.
Tanisha Anderson was having a bad mental health episode 
- her brother called 9-1-1.
Tamir Rice was playing in a park.
Natasha McKenna was having a schizophrenic episode 
when she was tased.
Walter Scott was going to an auto parts store.
Bettie Jones answered the door to let Chicago police officers in 
to help her upstairs neighbor 
who had called 9-1-1 to resolve a domestic dispute.
Philando Castile was driving home 
from dinner with his girlfriend.
Botham Jean was eating ice-cream in his living room in Dallas.
Atatiana Jefferson was baby sitting her nephew at home.
Eric Reason pulled into a parking spot.
Dominque Clayton was sleeping in her bed.
Breonna Taylor was also sleeping in her bed.
And George Floyd was at the grocery store.
The list goes on.
Too many names.
The time has come.
No more.
No more.
No more.

Note: This is a prose text. The line breaks are arbitrary.

Composition:

    Set to music by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Words from the news", alternate title: "Say Their Names", 2020, copyright © 2020 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with an online score

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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This text was added to the website: 2022-11-04
Line count: 27
Word count: 170

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