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by John Clay Gonzalez with words by Perry Maddox

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Rhythm is a shell, a shelter, a comforter.
This is how we dance. Six weeks, no rain, no rhythm.
The lady at the counter, oh the poor horses,
Oh the poor horses, already in their winter coats.

Still, color comes, it comes down the mountainsides.
Leaves on the spider webs, oh, the night’s a living thing!

Grandma says the moon, the moon pulls up everything.
All we held inside, brings it brimming, spilling out.
At last it comes, oh it comes pouring.
We are relieved, astonished at the sound it makes.

In a moment, quarter mile through the woods,
The brushy hillside fills the pond with water.
For six weeks dry, and everybody holds their breath.
Everybody holds their breath.

May America be just another place. History a spiral, seeking no arrival. Being here, born of contingency, may we love actively, intimately and actually.

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from West Virginia, My Home, released May 23, 2019

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Annick Odom Morgantown, West Virginia

Annick Odom is a Belgian-American double bassist and clarinetist. Her ongoing solo project, "West Virginia, My Home," explores the region of Appalachia in the United States through new commissions of pieces inspired by the area and by learning of (sometimes old and sometimes folk) songs from musicians still living in the region. ... more

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