Absolution1/4/2019 If you need to find the music again
Pole out to the Okavango Delta Find Raps Navigating the veins of Earth Like he knows something about the heart Cover your feet in thorns And dirt And kill And then wash them in a basin Ripped from the bleeding, reaching fingers of the Zambezi Take life give life Let Setswana drip From the sharp edges of your crown Nail your feet to the river Tie your hands with reeds So you can no longer look for what wants To come upon you by surprise After a time The Unknown Singers of the Okavango Delta The aural apparitions of the almost dead Come like water Or blood Or both Take music give life It is finished.
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