The Bitter Suite
A gonzo song cycle on text by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
PERUSALSCORE
The Bitter Suite
A gonzo song cycle on text by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
PERUSALSCORE
Instrumentation
Soprano Electric Guitar
Viola
Violoncello Double Bass
Duration: 5'
First printing, March 2024 Commissioned by Anti-Social Music for Election Night, 2008
Copyright ©2008 Kamala Sankaram. All Rights Reserved. Published by Just a Theory Press | www.justatheorypress.com
Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Sankaram
Soprano Solo
Electric Guitar
Viola
Violoncello
Double Bass
S. Solo
right,thatwe werewin ning. Ourener-gy-wouldsim ply-prevail. - Therewasnopointinfight ing-onour sideortheirs. We had
now,lessthanfive yearslater- Youcango upasteephill andlookWest andwiththeright kindofeyes youcanalmost-
seethehighwa ter-mark, thatplacewherethewave fina-lly-broke androlledback.
ri ses up ev' ryfour yearsthehunger. - For Very overenunciated diction, classical theSavior,- theWhiteKnight, theManonHorse back. -
final-ly-come facetoface withourselves,-final-ly-just laydownandsayit:
We areana tion-ofused car salesmen-
withallthemon ey-weneed tobuyguns andwithno qualmsat all about- killing-
any-one-else intheworld whomakesus uncomf'-
Nightmare in La-La Land
Ihadatruly-horr i-ble-dream lastnight:theTermi-na-tor-seizes-pow'r inSacra-men-to- Nightmare-inLaLa
Land
Asformyhorr i-ble-dream, Iwokeup before-itend ed.-Butthisisstill afuck ing-la
Amanonthescent oftheWhite House israrely-ever-ra tion-al.- He'smorelikeabeast inheat: a
eyesglazeov er-their,ears packupwithwax, theirloins getheav y-withblood. They'llcrashthroughthetimber-likehugecannon-
balls, trampling-smalltreesandtearing-bloody-chunksofhaironthebig ones.Sharksinafeeding-frenzy-
finall-y-smell ing-theWhite House islikeabull elkintherut oooh
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buttheroots remain- thesamesojustlaybackandlive withit.
Epilogue (The Season is Over)
