This is one of two poems from my book, "Kali Yantra Flower," that I set to music. The book is available on Amazon and Kindle. This song is downloadable for free on the Kali Yantra Flower Sampler (https://lance-eads.bandcamp.com/album...) as well as on an earlier release, Knot Four Sail (https://lance-eads.bandcamp.com/album...). The video is a collage of home movies and scenes from around Seattle, all of which is in the public domain. <br /> <br />On the 200th Anniversary of the Spirit of '76 is the longest poem in the book. It's autobiographical and apocalyptic in style. I did not plan out the music for this recording. I simple began strumming chords and sing-speaking the poem (in German, "singspiel"). I believe I had a small audience of close friends present at the time. <br /> <br />On the 200th Anniversary of the Spirit of ’76 <br />A light blinked out in Seattle <br />& a reading light clicked on in a heavenly mansion <br />For to better read the funny papers of my life <br /> <br />Listen up (or down) you Michaelangelic <br />Invisible fresco on the ceiling of my psyche <br />Listen to this if your spirit ears can hear. . .
