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Introduction by Tariro Mavondo

from My Morning and Afternoon's Work by Rat Child

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lyrics

do not peel me
do not prune me
release me wild
said the planet
to her people
talk to me
in avocado/
in skin/
navel
pressing against
navel /
speak to me in
marshmallow
dipping in
hot chocolate /
in landscape
not portrait/
in light more so
than silhouette /
do not lose
me in translation/
picture me
perfect/
mistake me not /
memorise
the structure
of these
holy mountainous
hips
like verses
that existed
before
scripture
resuscitate
these chapped lips
in holy water /
forget me not
I am beyond
the concrete brick
of church
beyond the iron glove of
state
resuscitate this
breath
so I can
be your lung/
call me by my name
ruler
lover
fighter
sovereign
freedom
friend/
you speak to me
in pistol and bullet/
in dead children
and bloody flags
un-claim me /
do not speak to
me in your silence
the cousin
of violence/
un-fence me
in the presence
of the moon
un-draw the line
where your country
stops
and mine begins/
you speak to me
in acid rain
with coal mines
in your pocket
and oil fields
dripping from
your palms/
do not talk to me
in fear of the sea
in your pain
speak to me
in olive branch
and dove wing
instead
talk to my summer
and to my yellow
speak to me in
changing seasons
and cycles
my constitution
knows only of
the currency
of heart beat
rumi
chaka khan
I know not
the language
of statistics
and stocks
mansions
and mercedes /
talk to me in
wind kiss
in dandelion wishes
in river reeds
feather
cotton
sheet clouds/
in
indigo
dyed sky
dust settling
and sunset
finger painting
dreams/
un change me
do not peel me
do not prune me
speak to me
of human
becoming
to me what
the bandage
is to the wound/?
wrap yourself
around me
before it’s
too late
wrap yourself
around me
before it’s
too late
wrap yourself
around me
before it’s
too late

credits

from My Morning and Afternoon's Work, track released November 10, 2022
Written & Performed by Tariro Mavondo
Arranged & Performed by Christy Wositzky-Jones
Engineered by Reuben Lewis & Christy Wositzky-Jones
Mixed by Allan McConnell
Mastered by Satori Mastering

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Powerful soul vocals combined with mellow grooves and an earnest knack for authentic political and personal storytelling. Based on stolen Wurundjeri Country

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