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Piece Description
Sunday Morning Self Amusement is a piece of audible poetry originally written to capture those sometimes lazy Sunday afternoons - where still, nap-time air fills the house and the last sustained effort of the dissected amber sunlight lays on your floor like a welcome mat, and somewhere Billie Holliday sings to you.
Transcript
Sunday Morning Self Amusement
You're sitting down, content, and you
notice that only your left foot dangles
in the later-afternoon citrus sunlight like
a secret-amber-talisman
And you move each one of your toes
individually just to see if you can
and you just barely can’t
but for personal ambition’s sake
you claim you can, that is
you could if you had to
And a fly lands on your
crock of butter foot and it doesn’t
bother you, it's just kind of neutral
so you don’t swat at it
And Billie Holiday's telling you pennies
are falling from heaven and you
look up and hold out your hands
to catch the Copper-Lincolns
And this is a kind of funny joke to you,
it amuses you, and you laugh out loud.
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennies From Heaven | Billie Holiday | 00:00 |
Ness Smith-Savedoff
Posted on May 18, 2009 at 09:42 AM | Permalink
Review of: Sunday Morning Self Amusement
Scott Meyers has written a poem that I can most certainly relate to. Over a driving jazz line Scott reads his poem that describes the feelings and sensations of a lazy Sunday, moving your own toes, watching a fly and listening to Billie Holliday. The music keeps the piece moving forward as Scott’s voice comes over load and clear with the poem. Bells are heard at the start and end, almost like pushing the play and stop buttons as a listener. If there is more where this piece came from I can’t wait to hear it. Listen for good use of the narrator’s own voice as a background element at the end.
Play during any show regarding Sundays and poetry.