{"id":2733,"date":"2016-01-18T23:35:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T14:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2016-01-18T23:54:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T14:54:22","slug":"watch-the-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/18\/watch-the-ravens\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, I was getting my dinner ready when suddenly there was a knock on the door. It was one of those two Shizuoka Duo guys. The one that’s a bit high-strung. (You get used to it. At least I have.)<\/p>\n

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The first thing he says—the only<\/em> thing he says—is, “I wanna sing.”<\/p>\n

“Well, then, sing,” I say.<\/p>\n

I’m at the genkan, and he’s still out on the front porch.<\/p>\n

“I mean,” he says, “I wanna sing for Persimmon Dreams.”<\/p>\n

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I finally ascertained what he had in mind, so I invited him in, and made him a glass of yuzu<\/em> tea. Then I went upstairs to look for the Persimmon Dreams recording studio. I found it, pretty quickly, in the pocket of my hiking jacket.<\/p>\n

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I got everything set up for him downstairs. He tuned up his ukulele. I\u00a0pressed the record button.<\/p>\n

And then he says, “Did you go for a walk today?”<\/p>\n

“No,” I say.\u00a0 “Kind of cold out.”<\/p>\n

“That’s why<\/em> you go for a walk.”<\/p>\n

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“Is this one of those prose pieces?” I ask.<\/p>\n

“We’ll go for a walk after I do this,” he says.<\/p>\n

“Are you ready?” I get ready to re-start “the equipment.”<\/p>\n

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“Sure,” he said.<\/p>\n

And this is what he sang. I leave it here as a record of my day.<\/p>\n

She . . . said to me<\/em><\/p>\n

We . . . don’t need to be<\/em><\/p>\n

And I . . . could only sit<\/em><\/p>\n

And cry.<\/em><\/p>\n

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She . . . said to me<\/em><\/p>\n

I . . . am going to leave<\/em><\/p>\n

And I . . . could only sit<\/em><\/p>\n

And cry.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lean into December light \/ Feel the warmth before the night<\/em><\/p>\n

Lean into December light \/ Watch the ravens taking flight<\/em><\/p>\n

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She . . . left me there<\/em><\/p>\n

I . . . knew not where<\/em><\/p>\n

And I . . . could only close<\/em><\/p>\n

My eyes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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I looked within<\/em><\/p>\n

My heart . . . so paper thin<\/em><\/p>\n

And I . . . could only see<\/em><\/p>\n

All awry.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lean into December light \/ Feel the warmth before the night<\/em><\/p>\n

Lean into December light \/ Watch the ravens taking flight<\/em><\/p>\n

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Watch the ravens taking flight<\/em><\/p>\n

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DECEMBER LIGHT<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/persimmon-dreams.com\/songs\/december_light_160118.MP3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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“Let’s go for a walk,” I said, when we were done.<\/p>\n

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