Ending the summit
Ending the summit
Ending the summit
Ending the summit
Ending the summit
Ending the summit
Ending the summit
Ending the summit
Ending the summit
Ending the summit
Dennis Cleveland:
I’d like to talk to you about money
Audience member #3:
A moment, that’s all I ask for,
a moment or two of your time.
A bucket of sand and a flask-full
to hold your attention to mine.
In truth, I am not a receiver;
I’ve never set foot on the beach.
But that morning I just could not leave her:
her mirage was the measure to reach.
Audience mender #3 + Dennis Cleveland:
All my life I’ve been loveless Guests: L-O-V-E-L-E-S
Out of spite and above it L-O-V-E-L-E-S
Look, if I can create this L-O-V-E-L-E-S
Then the sky is the limit L-O-V-E-L-E-S
Audience members:
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
Guest #1:
At a nearby clam bar
I accept the message…
that my time here has finally been defined.
I have no regrets, certainly no remorse
for the period that has passed.
The occasion spent searching-
well, searching is a bit strong-or misleading;
I was mostly watching TV…
but still, hoping for some idea of purpose.
Days would come and go.
I loved coffee shops.
I loved bars.
Bars with talk shows especially.
These weren’t just stop offs-they passed as life.
And life takes a shape,
turns it ’round,
has a conversation with itself,
is oblivious to passions,
to mistakes,
to favorite foods,
to the rise and fall.
The rise from Luna Park
and over the sea wall: the parachute drop.
The decline and fall of a near city.
Crossed off a vacationer’s list
and paraphrased to death.
It is in my best interest
(a thought enters my head)
to snoop around this place
so that Dreamland should not happen to me.
The descendants of Steeple Chase:
their lives gone,
and where they lived and played gone,
so that any meaning remaining would be,
so to speak, up for grabs.
So much so, like the meaning of money:
cold hard cash-
that you could hold; use it to hold
over others heads.
Money is everywhere-turn around and it’s there.
(Ending the summit of apparent money)
Money is everywhere-turn around and it’s there.Guests:
Ending the summit
Ending the summit
Ending the summit
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Audience members:
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Ending the summit Money Money, Mon-ey Money
Audience member #4:
I take walks and it’s some consolation
that the mind is a blank most ‘the time.
I have mastered the art of creation
if creation’s attendant to rhyme.
I’m content in my own observation:
for saints this is how it must be.
If no answer appears on the station
I inherit another TV.
Audience member #4 + Dennis Cleveland:
All my life I’ve been loveless Guests: L-O-V-E-L-E-S
Out of spite and above it L-O-V-E-L-E-S
Look, if I can create this L-O-V-E-L-E-S
Then the sky is the limit L-O-V-E-L-E-S
Audience members:
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
And leave And leave off the last ‘S’ for savings
Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit
Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit
Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit
Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit
Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit
Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit
Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit
Money Money, Mon-ey Money Ending the summit
Audience member #5:
Born to crawl, born to walk, born to end-run.
In a uniform dressed in a suit.
And the numerous takes under the sun
draws a line in the sand I can shoot.
The bombardment from TV is endless.
I can bear it with suitable ire.
The unwinding of constant remembrance
brings to mind an unspeakable choir.
Audience member #5 + Dennis Cleveland:
All my life I’ve been loveless Guests: L-O-V-E-L-E-S
Out of spite and above it L-O-V-E-L-E-S
Look, if I can create this….
Mikel Rouse is a New York-based composer, director, performer and recording artist hailed as “a composer many believe to be
the best of his generation.” (NY Times 2002) His works include 25 records, 7 films (including Funding and Music For Minorities), and a trilogy of media operas: Failing Kansas, Dennis Cleveland and The End Of Cinematics....more
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