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Gum Life

from Cameraworld by Mikel Rouse

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GUM LIFE

Carry the hopper back in the wilds of smack
and variety meats, in the place to be
Carravagio and me we agree

In the space of a week we’ll see
how the hope out of poverty…
Calypso and me and the radio beam
for all the world to see

If I counter with a wordless strain
keep you up for days
In the magic of Marais
A Shrilankin dome that we’re calling home
with a platinum relief (chroma-color thief)

In the space of a week we’ll see
as we climb out of poverty
Baudelaire and me and the televised spree
for all of you and me

Graceful and under attack, watch your back
there’s cold in them there hills
From a life of dread
to an unknown bed
A musician lives upstairs

In the space of a week with me
and a gesture to poverty
Boudelaire and me and the radio free
for all the world to see

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from Cameraworld, released May 28, 2001

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Mikel Rouse New York, New York

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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