CALYPSO

Image: Jeff Wall - Dead Troops Talk
A vision after an ambush of a Red Army Patrol, near Moqor, Afghanistan, Winter 1986
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CALYPSO
suzanne vega

my name is calypso
and i have lived alone
i live on an island
and i waken to the dawn
a long time ago
i watched him struggle with the sea
i knew that he was drowning
and i brought him into me
now today
come morning light
he sails away
after one last night
i let him go.
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my name is calypso
my garden overflows
thick and wild and hidden
is the sweetness there that grows
my hair it blows long
as i sing into the wind
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my name is calypso
and i have lived alone
i live on an island
i tell of nights
where i could taste the salt on his skin
salt of the waves
and of tears
and though he,pulled away
i kept him here for years
i let him go
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my name is calypso
i have let him go
in the dawn he sails away
to be gone forever more
and the waves will take him in again
but he'll know their ways now
i will stand upon the shore
with a clean heart
and my song in the wind
the sand will sting my feet
and the sky will burn
it's a lonely time ahead
i do not ask him to return
i let him go
i let him go

from solitude standing

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You’ve gotta play. I’m tellin’ ya, you’ve gotta. I’m sayin’ you are ready. Yeah, there’s a reason we kept you on the bench for so long. Rest assured, it is no reflection of our thoughts on your game, which is definitely, hmm… on. So! In this most crucial and timely of circumstances, we’d like you to get up and join the game. So! Whadayasay?!
(DPS)