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King
for low voice and piano
Music by Kristin Kuster Poetry by Megan Levad 2013
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King
for low voice and piano
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Music by Kristin Kuster
Poetry by Megan Levad
commissioned by Benjamin Sieverding
King
Poetry by Megan Levad
And so my people sook to me for bread, to settle scores, wind out the days; good names for boys and prayers for the newly dead.
My realm was me, I was my realm. Each wood, the jenny wrens in every hedge, Each sunfish in each mottled, reed-choked pond, all mine.
I’ve always had an appetite for wives, but lust’s no fun. With every seduction guaranteed, you’ll find you only get her body, letter, from, the silhouette, her squirming deed, but not her will.
Ever since that skein of ants hand-overed golden grains into my barking mouth it has been dear to me, my temper. My hunger.
In all my kingdon no one is less free.
Duration: 8'
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First printing of this edition, March 2024
Copyright © 2013 Music by Kristin Kuster Poetry by Megan Levad. All Rights Reserved. Published by Just a Theory Press | www.justatheorypress.com
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MEGAN LEVAD
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