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The Snail

from Twilight Jubilee by Pete Um

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THE SNAIL

SOMETIMES I FEEL THAT THE WIND HAS BEEN SUCKED FROM OUR SAILS HERE
THE DOLDRUMS ARRIVE AND THE THING THAT YOU HEAR IS THE QUIET
THE SILENCE THAT FALLS AS THE CHILDREN ARE CALLED TO THE LESSON
AND SOMETHING UNNAMED THAT PRODUCES A SENSE OF DISQUIET
THERE IS THE SNAIL WITH HIS SHELL AND HIS LIQUID ANTENNAE
HE'S NEVER BEEN KNOWN TO BE SEEN IN MUCH OF A RUSH
HE MIGHT HAVE A HOME WHEREVER HE GOES HE CAN GO TO
AND WHEREVER HE GOES HIS HOME AND HIS WORLD CAN BE CRUSHED
I KNOW WHAT I'VE FELT, A RISING SENSE OF DISORDER
AND IT RHYMES WITH THE REASON I'VE ALWAYS STAYED IN MY SHELL
BUT YOU MARK MY WORDS, THERE SOON WILL BE BOOTS UNDER ORDERS
AND YOU'LL JOIN THEM THERE IN YOUR HOME OF A VULNERABLE HELL

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from Twilight Jubilee, released January 28, 2022

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Pete Um Cambridge, UK

"A master of the miniature electro-acoustic song-poem, a form he has more or less invented and crystallised himself, his work displays a sardonic wit combined with a healthy misanthropy, in marvellous micro-collages of voice, instruments, samples, and electronics."

-Ergo Phizmiz
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