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Prelude: We Deliver

from Dennis Cleveland by Mikel Rouse

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PRELUDE: We Deliver

Guests:
Age of reason
Age of reason
Age of reason

Dennis Cleveland:

The mark of the true believer-
unbuttoned and paraphrased to death-
is the vapid look,
the right between the eyes.
The conformity that passes
for individualism.
It is the most widely exercised form
of cross-breeding known to man.
The animist watusi.
The recovered memory.

The sound of the gun at post time.
The confusion of animals riding other animals.
Knowing where you stand.
The idea of self-help books as literature.
A blurring of titles like
Women who love too much and the men that negotiate them.
The fertile land rover
The memory set.

One lacks form, desire, zest for life;
a set of principles to live by.
But most disturbing:
lacks the ability to make money.
In this highly charged atmosphere
decisions are made,
faults are flaunted,
dishonesty looms.
And in the back pocket of every free man:
The Bottle.

(Pause for reflection)

There is a small miracle that takes place.
Everyone is involved.
Everyone participates.
And in this communal atmosphere
there are great explosions.
There are myths of competency.
And it all lasts about two hours.
The lag time between miracles is life.
The population boom.
The ultimate prelude: We Deliver

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from Dennis Cleveland, released September 20, 1996

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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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