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When Adonis Calls Music by Clint Borzoni From the poems of Gavin Geoffrey Dillard Adapted for the stage by John de los Santos
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When Adonis Calls
Music by Clint Borzoni
From the poems of Gavin Geo�rey Dillard
Adapted for the stage by John de los Santos
POET
Triangle
Cymbals
Piano
Adagio q = 69
mf
p
f p
Adagio q = 69
pp
POET
W.Ch.
7
ppp
ppp f p ppp
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The POET is seated at his writing table with a bottle and
glass of Hendrick's gin. He is surrounded by books, plants,
and cats. Despite his calm surroundings, there is a subdued
sense of frustration and frenetic energy. He starts to write
and then stops, several times. He flips through a few books,
holds and strokes a cat, then eventually sits again.
First Exchange: End of Days
WHEN ADONIS CALLS
Clint Borzoni
If they ask me now I tell them I have lived,of passion and love
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3
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I have had as much as any man need have,
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POET
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POET
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POET
16
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for the monster of loneliness there is left no room,
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
my heart has been filled,
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3 3 3 3 3
my body sated,
3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3
POET
18
f p f
Bongos
p f p f
20
p
f
POET
Cym.
A tempo q = 69rit. 22
ppp mp
pp
A tempo q = 69rit.
p
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64
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my body sated,
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3 3
(He writes.)
may I share this contentment
with you?
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4
POET
I
p
have met the dev il and I con fess we made
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pp
POET
love
f
we
p
made love in fact man y times,
f30
f pp f
POET
Sogo
slow
p
ly, and swift ly a va ri
f
e ty of styles,
Più mosso q = 8834
pp f
pp f
Più mosso q = 88
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333
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POET
W.Ch.
Sogo
the
p
heat of two bod ies des per ate to rise;
f
I have heard men say that they
Tempo primo q = 6937
mf
p
p f p f mp
Tempo primo q = 69
POET
sold their souls,
pp freely
but
p
I must ad mit I gave mine free
mf
ly
41
ppp ppp mf
ff ppp
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POET
and be fore he ev en asked;
p
I
mf
would like to say I
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pp mp
POET
shot him down, but
mp
it was he who left me for a worth i er
rit. 50
rit.
POET
Sogo
soul. Lov ers lie a wake at night
fMeno mosso q = 6953
mp f
ppf
Meno mosso q = 69
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POET
Sogo
in
mp
which per haps I sleep; They talk in voic es sil
pp
ent us ing
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mp f pp
p f p pp
POET
words I nev er speak.
mp
When
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f p
POET
last I lie to rest my head let it not be said I
64
p
c
c
c
3
(He drinks.)
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3
3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
8
POET
missed a bed!
67
T. Bl.
f
69
f
T. Bl.
71
pp
ff pp
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(He drinks again, touching his right temple)3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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The Meniere's disease and the Hendrick's are making my eyes swim;
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6 6 3
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POET
Cym.
my
pp
fin gers are blur ry...
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p
f pp
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
The
p
walls, clois tered,
Andante q = 9681
in
p
deed!
pp mfAndante q = 96
p
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(He shu>es through some papers,pulls out a letter and reads)
The walls, cloistered, gray and monolithic
sent me reeling toward your warmth
without your arms to hold me there,
I have fallen to your feet again.
3
(The Poet begins to read the letter again, as he does,the Muse becomes visible. He is beautiful, lithe, irresistible,and nearly naked. As athe Poet reads the words, the Muse sings.
The walls, cloistered, gray and ...
10
MUSE
gray and mon o lith ic sent me reel
mf
ing to
85
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MUSE
ward your warmth
p
with out
mf
your arms to
88
MUSE
hold me there,
p
I have fal len to your
91
p
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32
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32
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34
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34
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34
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MUSE
POET
feet a gain!
94
pp
MUSE
POET
with
pprit. Meno mosso q = 7297
with
pp
rit. Meno mosso q = 72
(The POET puts the letter back onto the table and takes out another. He reads.)
Plucked out the worms their families
and remains and cast the good parts
into the pot.
(The MUSE changes his position, then sings with the POET as he continues to read)
12
MUSE
POET
hone ey and gin
mp
ger, in to ap ple sauce to
100
hone ey and gin
mp
ger,
mp
MUSE
spread a
Andante q = 96103
Andante q = 96
3
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
13
MUSE
Sogo
cross your chest,
f104
f
f
Bongos
Sogo
f
106
p
subitop ff
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
6 6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
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MUSE
Bongos
Sogo
red
mf
den, hot, that
107
p
MUSE
smil ing crest and
108
mf
MUSE
slide a mong the
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32
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6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
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MUSE
gold en hair
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MUSE
grow ing...
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rit.
112
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c
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6 6 6 66 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6 3
3 3
6 6 6
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MUSE
Then
p
I would be the worm, then I would crawl
Meno mosso q = 76113
p
Meno mosso q = 76
MUSE
on to, and try to find my way with in;
mf
there I would
116
mf
MUSE
nest, a mid tast y hair breast, there I would sleep, in those
rit. 119
rit.
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32
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32
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33 3
3
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MUSE
Tri.
sun set skies,
pp
your gold en de li cious thighs,
Meno mosso q = 63122
p
pp
Meno mosso q = 63
MUSE
your ap ples, your pies!
125
POET
The
mf
war has got ten
130
ppp
ff
33 3
3 3
3
3
3
(The POET tosses the letter aside. As hedoes, the lights on the MUSE change and fade, but do not go out.
(The POET finishes his drink,then pours another. He writes)
3
3
3
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POET
nast y I'm
p
not for eith er side, I'd just as soon the
135
p
POET
bomb
f
would drop and all the arm ies died.
pPiù mosso q = 88
139
f p
Più mosso q = 88
MUSE
with
p
hone ey and gin ger, in to
142
pp
34
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34
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54
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54
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3
3
3
6
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MUSE
ap ple sauce to spread a
146
MUSE
POET
cross your chest,
f148
War
f
is de
f
POET
clared and I don't care, let
p
blood and ter ror fill
150
p
p
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24
24
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6 6 6 6
3
6 6 6 6
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20
MUSE
POET
there
p
I would sleep, in those sun set skies,
pp153
the air...
ppp
MUSE
your gold en de li cious thighs, your ap ples, your pies!
157
24
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24
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24
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24
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(The POET shakes his head, setting the paper aside)
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33 3
3 3
3
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MUSE
POET
160
f pp
T. Bl.
f
166
f
T. Bl.
rit. 169
pp f pp
rit.
f
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Come quickly, O Dark One;
swoon me, consume my soul,
obliterate my last feeble thoughts
in Your fiery rains!
3 3
22
MUSE
A tempo q = 88171
ff pp
A tempo q = 88
MUSE
I
mp
think I heard
174
p f mp
MUSE
A don is call his
176
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I think I heard Adonis call his voice was thin and sullen
(HE rips the page he is writing out of the pad.As he does, the POET picks up another letter from his table. POET silently reads as MUSE sings
3
23
MUSE
voice was thin and sul len, he
177
MUSE
seemed to be sad dened or in some sor ry
178
MUSE
Tamb.
need:
179
pp
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MUSE
Tamb.
I felt a shiv er up my spine
f
my scro tum tight en,
180
mf pp
f
MUSE
I
p
thought of all the wo men I
mf
would have to se
182
p
MUSE
duce to prove I was a
183
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32
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32
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32
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3 3
25
MUSE
man.
f
I
mp
think I heard
184
mf p
MUSE
A don is call his
185
MUSE
voice was pale and wear y, it
186
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MUSE
spoke of fad ing skin and thin ing
187
MUSE
hair
p
bod y lice,
rit. Adagio q = 63188
pp
rit. Adagio q = 63
MUSE
Cym.
sag ging rear, the tone was cold, ef fem i nate: I
pp
felt pit y for
190
pp
pp
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MUSE
all the dy
f
ing gods and cried
p
for my self whom the
Andante q =84193
f p
Andante q =84
MUSE
si rens have rav
f
aged, and for
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f
MUSE
those of us who pre fer
197
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64
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MUSE
198
p
MUSE
199
pp
MUSE
Gong
poor A don is
p
poor A don is
200
p
mp
c
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c
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sleep
p
to the
3
wak ing state.
7
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And
pp
for
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MUSE
whose needs seem so much great er than my
202
MUSE
Cym.
own.
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p
f
Cym.
ff
204
p ff
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c
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6
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3 3
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pp
206
MUSE
POET
A
pprit.
208
my
p
fin gers are swim my...
rit.
pp
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3
3
6 6 3
The Meniere's disease and the
Hendrick's are making my eyes blur;
3
3
31
MUSE
POET
Gong
f
don is
Adagio q = 72
212
Pit
p
y me not for dy ing young,
pp
f pp
Adagio q = 72
POET
Tamb.
but pit y all those nights now flung
pp
be yond the grasp of mem
p
or y,
218
pp
ppp
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32
MUSE
POET
Cym.
Tamb.
freely
You
pp222
for they may yet re mem ber me!
mf
p
mf
p mf pp
MUSE
have giv en me di eas es and I have ac cept ed, pre sent
mf
ed what
228
MUSE
POET
Sogo
pleas es and I
p
have col lect ed,
rit. Andante q = 82233
Our
p
bod ies the tools
prit. Andante q = 82
ppp p
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c
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My fingers are swirry...
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MUSE
POET
Sogo
Tip
mp
your
237
with which we're made
mf
fools...
p pp
MUSE
POET
glass and join me in my spil ling, bring
241
It
mp
is now the End of Days,3
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MUSE
POET
me to your mouth!
mf244
why
mf
mince par a bles and mo ral i ty?
mf
MUSE
POET
bring me to your mouth!
246
all that we have will be
3
3 3
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MUSE
POET
bring me to your mouth!
f248
lost, all that we are shall be found;
f
MUSE
POET
your
ff250
have I made my self per
ff
fect ly clear?
f
3 3
3
3
3
33
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36
MUSE
POET
mouth!
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MUSE
254
mp
POET
256
p
I don't know how to do this: I've never had a successful relationship.
37
POET
rit. Adagio q = 66258
pp
rit. Adagio q = 66
POET
nak
p
ed
261
ff
POET
on the floor,
263
Which means I don't know what works, what doesn't work; I have no techniques, no agendas,
shibboleths or solutions.
3
3 3
3 3
33
Which means
I am a baby,
3
3 3
3 3 3 3
3 3
waiting for someone to come
set me upon their knee.
3 3
3 3
3 3
3 3
3 3
3
38
MUSE
Up
p
on your chest,
mf
my head. Up
p
on
Andante q = 82 A tempo q = 82rit. 266
p mf p
Andante q = 82 A tempo q = 82rit.
MUSE
your breast,
mf
my hand. Up
pp
on the rest, the rest of me.
rit. 274
mf pp
rit.
MUSE
POET
Still, but not un moved.
Adagio q = 69281
I
p
am more than a half cen tur y
pp
Adagio q = 69
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34
34
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c
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54
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54
34
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3
39
POET
old and, though I have hailed num er ous a stound
mf
ing af fairs,
286
mf
POET
have
p
nev er had one suc cess ful mar
f
riage too
p290
p f p
MUSE
POET
All
mpAndante q = 88293
much the po et, I
pp
fear
pp p
Andante q = 88
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40
MUSE
we ev er tru ly be lieve,
mf
is what
p
our sens es have pre
298
mf pp
MUSE
ceived. And yet when sens
mf
es take their leave
p
a
304
p mf p
MUSE
great
f
er world is oft re ceived.
rit. 308
f
rit.
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c
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34
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34
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34
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41
POET
You
p
have touched me in
Adagio q = 69312
pp
Adagio q = 69
POET
plac es that had lain dor mant, and
315
POET
now no breeze
mf
blows to
317
mf
32
32
32
32
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32
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32
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3 3
42
MUSE
POET
with
p
hone ey and
rit. A tempo q = 69319
cool the burn.
p
rit. A tempo q = 69
MUSE
gin
mp
ger, in to ap ple sauce to spread a
Andante q = 92323
mp
Andante q = 92
c
c
c
c
(The lights on the MUSE begin to slowly fade out)
3 3
3
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
43
MUSE
Sogo
cross your chest,
f326
f
f
Bongos
Sogo
f
328
p
subitop ff
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
6 6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
44
MUSE
Bongos
Sogo
red
mf
den, hot, that
329
p
MUSE
smil ing crest
330
mf
331
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34
34
34
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34
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6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6
6
6 6 6
45
POET
Bongos
Sogo
Me
mf332
f
f
POET
thinks this child's a tri fle wild. I'd
p
tame him with both chains
f
and whips but
334
mf pp f
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6 6 6 66 6 6 6
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MUSE
POET
with
pp
hone ey
rit. A tempo q = 92337
hav ing none, must use my lips.
p
p
rit. A tempo q = 92
MUSE
POET
Sogo
rit. Adagio q = 69341
Butt
mp
boy thinks he's
mp
mp
rit. Adagio q = 69
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24
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34
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34
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47
POET
Sogo
Pan,
f
and may be he is. who
mp
am I to
344
f mp
fp
POET
Sogo
stay "strange
mf
pas sion, this!" What
p
re course have I,
346
mf
mf p
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POET
Sogo
when horns do sprout? but to watch the child grow
349
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MUSE
POET
Tamb.
Sogo
Hon
p
ey...
351
stout and goat a bout?
f
Who
p
am I to crit i cize the
pp
f p
fsubito p
3 3
3
3
33
3
49
POET
Tamb.
rap
f
tures of youth, make an gels of dev
mp
ils or de cry goat ly
354
f
f p
POET
Sogo
truths?
357
ff
pff
34
34
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34
3 3
3
3
3
50
POET
Sogo
Butt
mp
boy thinks he's Pan,
f
as well he may be, he'll find no
359
p f
p fp
POET
Sogo
re pri mand from an old sa tyr like me!
rit. 362
pp
ppf
rit.
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34
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3
3
3
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3 3 3 3
51
POET
Hon
p
ey from your lips shall sus tain me in the
Largo q = 58365
p pp
Largo q = 58
POET
des ert, un til such a time as we sit
f
nak
pp subito
ed up pon the knees
369
f pp subito
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24
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24
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34
24
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3 3
3
3
3
33
3
52
POET
f
of Je sus.
Andante q = 88374
f ppp mf pp
Andante q = 88
POET
380
mf p pp
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24
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24
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24
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34
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34
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34
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I have a hole in my life that you
might fill brilliantly.
Lights out on the Muse 3
As for anything resembling a
marriage-
we should probably
do brunch first.
3
3
53
Cym.
Bongos
pp
Andante q = 80384
f
pp f
Andante q = 80
Cym.
Bongos
p
389
p
Cym.
Bongos
392
p
54
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c
54
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Lights up on the MUSE. He has more clothes on now,
but is by no means overdressed. There are two beautiful
MEN near him dancing together. The DANCERS move
around him, and may even make contact, but he hardly
takes notice of them.
Second Exchange: Fancy for Matches
3 3
3
3
54
Bongos
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
ff
394
ff
ff
3
55
Bongos
p subito mf p
396
p subito mf pp
Bongos
mf
398
mf
Bongos
f
400
f
3 3 3
3
56
Bongos
ff
402
ff
Bongos
p subito
404
p subito
Bongos
f subito p
406
f subito pp
3 3
3
57
Bongos
407
MUSE
Bongos
Whis
p
kers grow, fea
mf
tures
409
mf
MUSE
hard en, au
p
tumn in my youth ful
412
p
24
34
24
34
24
34
24
34
34
c
34
c
34
c
3
3
58
MUSE
Bongos
gar
f
den.
415
f p
f pp
Bongos
ff subito p subito
417
ff subito p subito pp
Bongos
419
One of the DANCERS shoots the MUSE a
hungry look and sexy move. The MUSE turns
away disinterested.
33
59
MUSE
421
MUSE
Shall
pp
I climb all your moun
f
tains, or drown in your
Moderato q = 116422
pp f
Moderato q = 116
MUSE
sea?
p
Love's a two head ed god
f425
p f
My eyes are attracted to so few smiles these days, gleaming in these murky depths,
I have been forced to learn to kiss without warning and with great abandon.
The DANCERS exit as the lights come up on the POET.
He has changed clothes also and is wearing a little less than
before. There are more flowers among his plants now, and
he waters them with a�ection as the MUSE sings.
60
MUSE
and two Vir gins are we!
rit. 428
rit.
POET
Vln. I
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
A
mp
lit tle bear, a sa tyr,
Adagio q = 69430
p
Adagio q = 69
54
c
54
c
54
c
54
c
54
c
54
c
54
c
He sent me his lust
in a letter.
3
61
POET
the na tur al man; his limbs are a lad der to Heav
mf
en.
Allegro q = 132434
mf pp
Allegro q = 132
MUSE
I
mf
don't want to know you but just want to blow you, don't
438
f mf
MUSE
mean to con trol you just roll
p
in your skin; take
mf
o� your
443
p mf
c34
c34
c34
34
34
34
3
62
MUSE
britch es, show me your stitch es, oh scratch
f
me, it itch es;
448
f
MUSE
POET
come on, let's be gin!
453
Boy
mp
love,
p
POET
Sogo
fresh and clean, a
f
lit tle rough,
456
f
mf
c
c
c
c
63
POET
Sogo
a lit tle mean;
p
a lit tle sweet, a
mf
lit tle tart,
458
p
p mf
MUSE
POET
Love
f
is not a
Moderato q = 116461
to
p
eat a heart a lit tle green.
f
p f
Moderato q = 116
MUSE
spark, it is a blaze,
p
a fire that rag es and can
465
pp
54
24
54
24
54
24
54
24
24
34
c
24
34
c
24
34
c
24
34
c
34
c34
34
c34
34
c34
3
3
64
MUSE
not
f
be con tained un til all be comes si
p
lence be
469
f p
MUSE
neath its ash y snow; I can tell that you, like I, have a
473
MUSE
POET
fan cy for match
f
es!
477
One
p
good cat is worth a
f p subito
34
c
34
c
34
c
34
34
34
c
c
c
c
65
POET
thous and lov ers, faith ful friends and dot ing moth ers; a mil lion poems for a
481
MUSE
POET
If
mf
your chest
485
preg nant purr, my feal ty for a face of fur!
mp
MUSE
were a cat it could be no more fur ry,
489
54
54
54
66
MUSE
some
p
where soft for my ears when they tire of hear ing
492
p
MUSE
but
mf
to on ly just list en for your purr as I stroke you
rit. 495
mf
rit.
MUSE
I'd
p
like to see you nak ed, white be neath
rit. Andante q = 88 A tempo q = 88
499
pp
rit. Andante q = 88 A tempo q = 88
54
c
54
c
54
c
34
34
34
32
34
32
34
32
34
The POET smiles and puts down the letter . The MUSE
sings again as if to chastise him for not finishing the poem.
67
MUSE
me in the moon, to fall a sleep in
504
pp
MUSE
side you, we would purr a dif ferent tune!
rit. 508
rit.
POET
513
54
34
c
54
34
c
54
34
c
c34
c34
c34
c34
c34
c34
c
c
c
Meow!
The POET catches himself. He has
no intention of making this easy.
I like that, the way cats smile when they're all curled and sleepy
content, warm, like despite everything else
they will be happy and content and warm;
I like that, the way a cat eyes you suspiciously and keeps its distance.
68
POET
Tri.
Cats
f
cats! My
Allegro q = 138514
mf
mf
Allegro q = 138
POET
Tri.
life is made up of these: some
p
of thempure breds,
517
pp
c
c
c
c
32
32
32
32
69
POET
some of them strays,
f
man y I find a long the
520
f mf
POET
way to stroke or feed with sweets. I
p
am a man who col
522
pp
POET
lects cats
mf
and tries
p
not to let them do min ate his life:
mf525
mf pp
32
c
32
c
32
c
70
POET
though
f
I must say I have lost man y
528
mf
POET
bat tles. and
mp
have suf fered the af fec tions of the
530
pp
POET
most war stained toms...
f532
mf
71
MUSE
I
f
al ways stop to stroke a fur or
p
kiss a fuz
mf
zy
Moderato q = 112535
fp mf
Moderato q = 112
MUSE
face, Love is where you make it, of ten sit ting on walls...
539
POET
I
p
can teach you how to love each and
Andante q = 100544
pp
Andante q = 100
c34
c34
c34
c34
c34
c34
34
c24
c
34
c24
c
34
c24
c
72
POET
eve ry one of my sev en kit ties, but I can not in
549
POET
struct you how to make love to me, for I have
554
POET
lost
f
that faint con nec tion and must
p
re ly on you to find
pp558
f p pp
73
MUSE
POET
Have
p
you got cold feet? I will warm them;
Moderato q = 120563
it.Moderato q = 120
MUSE
Cold e mo tions? I will storm
f
them; do
mp
not be a
569
mf pp f pp mp
MUSE
fraid of what stands
f
be fore you-
p
too nak ed for most
ppAndante q = 100574
f p pp
Andante q = 100
32
c
32
c
32
c
32
c
32
c34
32
c34
32
c34
c32
c32
c32
3
3
74
MUSE
for I am
mpModerato q = 120
580
Moderato q = 120
MUSE
f p
for I am the fe ral est of toms,
f586
f pp f
MUSE
pp
in need of a host.
592
pp
32
c34
32
c34
32
c34
c34
c32
c34
c32
c34
c32
32
c
32
c
32
c
75
POET
Larghetto q = 60598
Larghetto q = 60
POET
If
p
I am cold, it is just that
603
ppp p
POET
I am old er, I no
606
54
c
54
c
54
c
c
c
c
32
32
32
If I seem dry,
please bear with me,
I no longer take drugs
and am less creative
than before;
3
3 3 3
3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
76
POET
long er have the needs I once had; aft er all,
mf608
POET
one can on ly do the things that I
p
have done for so
610
mf pp
POET
long be
f
fore the gods take re tri bu
p
tion.
612
f p
32
c
32
c
32
c
34
c
34
c
34
c
3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
33 3
3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
77
Tamb.
p f
Allegro q = 144615
f
Allegro q = 144
MUSE
Tamb.
618
mp
mp
MUSE
Tamb.
621
p
p
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
And if I seem impatient, it is just the pain of youth that I am wearied of:
Pain no longer amuses me and I have yet to find its replacement.
78
Tamb.
624
fp
fp
fp
MUSE
Tamb.
Sogo
At
f627
f
p ffp
f p f
79
MUSE
Sogo
least it will be a grand e go boost when we're at a bar and
631
mp
mf
MUSE
Sogo
eve ry one's star ing at me, pret ty young
634
3
80
MUSE
Tamb.
Sogo
me,
637
mp
mp
MUSE
Tamb.
some
mp
thing you can tell your gang that the hot
f
num ber
640
pp f mp
f
3
81
MUSE
Tamb.
ov er there dressed
f
to kill and danc ing so por
643
p f p fp
fp
fp
MUSE
Tamb.
no graph ic ally is
p
ac tu ally ver y in love
f646
mf pp f mf
fp
mf p f
82
MUSE
Tamb.
with you
649
MUSE
Cym.
Would
pp
die or
Largo q = 54652
mf pp
ffpp
Largo q = 54
34
34
34
34
3
83
MUSE
spend
p
the rest
pp
of his life at your feet,
p655
MUSE
chained to your wall, for just those oc ca sion al glimps es for
pp
the
Meno mosso q = 48A tempo q = 54
659
Meno mosso q = 48 A tempo q = 54
MUSE
smell of your bod y when you walk by (or the looks when you
662
ppp
34
c34
c
34
c34
c
34
c34
c
c54
c54
c54
54
c
54
c
54
c
33
3
3 3
3 3 3
3 3
3 3 3
84
MUSE
Cym.
say you real
f
ly don't care at all.)
pp665
f pp
Cym.
Bongos
p
Larghetto q = 63669
f
f p
Larghetto q = 63
54
c
54
c
54
c
54
c
c54
c
c54
c
c54
c
c54
c
33
3 3
3
The Muse begins to dance, and as he does, the two dancers enter and slowly
walk near the Poet. He watches them intently as they move in close.
85
Cym.
Bongos
672
p
Bongos
674
Bongos
ff
Andante q = 88 rit.
676
ff
Andante q = 88 rit.
c
c
c
c
3
3
3
3 3
3
3
33 3
86
Bongos
p subito mf p
Larghetto q = 63678
p subito mf pp
Larghetto q = 63
W.Ch.
Bongos
pp
680
ff
ff
pp
pp
POET
How
p
can I for get the love ers that came be fore you?
683
54
54
54
54
54
c54
c
54
c54
c
54
c54
c
3 3
As the Poet sings, the dancers slowly
fade away as they make their exit.
3
3
3
3
3
3 3 3
3
3
3
87
POET
They are old and you are new but what is that in
687
POET
W.Ch.
time?
pp
They
p
are dead and you a live
f692
mf
f
POET
but how can life to death
mf
com pare? They all rest in dust and
697
mp
34
34
34
34
34
c34
c
34
c34
c
34
c34
c
3
3
88
POET
brine while you toss
p
back un salt ed hair; it seems un fair
f
to
rit.
700
p f
rit.
POET
love you as I do.
pLargo q = 50
704
pp mp pp f
Largo q = 50
MUSE
An
p
oth er fear, as a chain let ter,
rit. Andante q = 88709
ppp
rit. Andante q = 88
c34
c
c34
c
c34
c
54
54
54
54
32
c
54
32
c
54
32
c
3 3 33
3
It seems unfair to love you as I do.
3
3The Poet exits
89
MUSE
We some times fall
pp
in to the wrong hands, I might nev er be op ened by a
Largo q = 56 rit.
713
pp
Largo q = 56 rit.
MUSE
Tri.
saint; per haps a sad ness. The
p
full moon ris es and
A tempo q = 56 rit. A tempo q = 56717
pA tempo q = 56 rit. A tempo q = 56
MUSE
noth ing is plant ed, the light falls on
721
p mf p
54
c
54
c
54
c
54
c
54
c
54
c
54
c
3
3
3
3
3
90
MUSE
emp
f
ty soil and seeds on cal
p
lus rock; the full moon ris
723
f p pp
mp
MUSE
es break ing ov er me where
pp
I have fal len too,
727
p pp
MUSE
some one who is not a saint
f
tears
730
f
3
3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
91
MUSE
op en my bod y,
pp
I am
mp
read by a
733
mf pp
p
MUSE
fool who dis cards my flesh
pp
and moon light
f
and
prit. A tempo q = 56
738
pp f
rit. A tempo q = 56
MUSE
moon
p
light shines
mf
in to the op
f
en wound.
742
pp mf p f
64
c
64
c
64
c
c
c
c
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
92
MUSE
p
We
p
have plant ed a seed, you and I,
rit. Andante q = 92
745
p ppp
rit. Andante q = 92
p
MUSE
but we can
mp
not pre dict the tree that it will be come,
751
pp mp
MUSE
But
f
what fun we can have pis sing on its roots,
Allegro q = 126757
mp f
Allegro q = 126
54
34
54
34
54
34
3
3
3
3
93
MUSE
danc ing a round its trunk, and some day
rit. rit. Andante q = 92
762
rit. rit. Andante q = 92
MUSE
cra dling in its arms.
pLarghetto q = 63
765
pp
Larghetto q = 63
MUSE
I
f
will
Andante q = 96769
f
Andante q = 96
c32
c32
c32
32
c
32
c
32
c
3
3
3
3
3
3 33
3
3 56
7
3
94
MUSE
bend this beast, this
771
p
MUSE
god, be
mf
neath the
773
f mp
ff
3
6
3 3
3 3
3
3
6 3
95
MUSE
Cym.
rag
ff
ings of my storm.
776
mp f
f
MUSE
rit. 778
ppp
rit.
6
6
96
POET
782
POET
Gong
I
pp
want to plant a gard en of teeth
mp
up on is land and
Adagio q = 76 rit. 783
pp
pp p
Adagio q = 76 rit.
POET
crest;
p
I
pp
want to con sume all your riv
mp
ers and
A tempo q = 76 789
pp p
A tempo q = 76
24
24
54
c34
24
54
c34
24
54
c34
24
54
c34
54
c
54
c
54
c
Lights up on the POET exercising. He
exhausts himself, then collapses in a hot sweat.
Third Exchange: A Garden of Teeth
Let me be frank: time is short, before the tides have
abolished coastal cities, before the Ark sets afloat
and the Tardis
touches down...
(still out of breath)
3 3 3
3
3 3
3
3
3
97
POET
Tamb.
plund er dank for ests.
Allegro q = 132794
pf
f
Allegro q = 132
Tamb.
p f
799
MUSE
f
ings from him, a pas sel o' poems, he's
801
f
c34
c
c34
c
c34
c
c34
c
The Muse enters. He is in a very excitable state
acting a lot more typical of his youth.
3 3 3
3
98
MUSE
hos taged my heart and
803
MUSE
las soed my loins; now
804
MUSE
bound me in verse where I'll nev er es
805
32
32
32
32
c
32
c
32
c
c34
c
c34
c
c34
c
3
3 3
3 3
3
99
MUSE
cape how tend er ly terse do I bend for this
807
MUSE
Tamb.
rape!
809
Tamb.
p f
810
p f
c
c
c
3 3
100
POET
812
pp f pp
Moderato q = 112813
f
rit. 818
POET
My
p
hair is gray, my skin
A tempo q = 112822
pp p
A tempo q = 112
54
c
54
c
I wore a wife-beater out in public today, for the first time in some years -
the diet is working -
and I confess I got looks and comments both. I could score pretty well for
an old scribbler, were I in the market; but you and I know better.
The POET takes o� his shirt,
and examines himself in the mirror
3
3
101
POET
lined and scarred from bat tles both lost and
828
mp
POET
won; and ad ven
mf
ture to me is
Moderato q = 112rit.
832
mf
Moderato q = 112rit.
POET
sit ting un moved
p
up on a rock un til squir rels, deer,
836
p
34
c
34
c
34
c
34
34
34
c
c
c
3
33
102
POET
skunks and snakes
pp
find me use ful as both
rit. 840
pp
rit.
POET
pil low and perch. But you, but
Larghetto q = 63843
Larghetto q = 63
POET
W.Ch.
you, pre co
mf
cious half ling,
847
pp
mf
54
54
54
54
c38
54
c38
54
c38
38
38
38
38
103
POET
when you grin and dance be fore
853
POET
me, ev en the pos sums mum ble how
858
POET
Tri.
tast y you might be in a pie or
rit. 862
pprit.
c
c
c
c
3 33 3 3 3
3 3 3
104
POET
Tri.
stew
pp
and it be comes im pos si ble to not feed you
Andante q = 84866
pp
Andante q = 84
POET
pea
mf
nuts and wond er how you might feel at the foot
p
of my
871
mp p
c
c
c
c
54
64
32
54
64
32
54
64
32
3
3
105
MUSE
POET
Sogo
I
p
can read your
875
bed.
pp
p f ff
pp
MUSE
Cym.
Gong
scars like a bi ble, and
mf
pray for the joy of in flict ing my
878
mp
pp mp
mf
32
c34
32
c34
32
c34
32
c34
32
c34
32
34
c
32
34
c
32
34
c
32
34
c
32
34
c
3
3 6
106
MUSE
Sogo
own!
p883
p f
p
POET
887
POET
Cym.
Sogo
May
p
I sink my teeth in to the
Adagio q = 72888
pp
pp
pp
Adagio q = 72
c
c
c
c
3 6 3
It's no street trick, reaching down your throat and pulling out your heart,
hell you were already chocking on it; I heard your prayers.
3
107
POET
Tamb.
Sogo
roan nape
f
of your neck
p
and rel ish the sav or y
892
pp
f ppp mf
POET
Tamb.
spice
mf
of
p
your pain? You
mf
bring out the chef in me,
Moderato q = 120895
mf p mf
mp
Moderato q = 120
3 3
3 6 6 6 6
3 3 3
108
POET
I
pp
want to eat
f
you by the
899
pp f
POET
spoon ful.
Andante q = 76903
pppp
Andante q = 76
f
p f pp
907
64
c32
c
64
c32
c
64
c32
c
c
c
3
Both of them are restless, and bored, and becoming more aroused.
Although they are still not in the same place, their bond has become
stronger and is beginning to throb with heat and desire.
3
3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
109
Gong
ppp f
accel. 910
f
accel.
Sogo
f
Moderato q = 120913
Moderato q = 120
MUSE
Sogo
pp
As a
Andante q = 84916
ff
ff
32
c
32
c
32
c
32
c
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3
3
3 3
110
MUSE
ripe av o ca do he plucks me from my tree, gnaw
mf
ing loose my skin,
p
de
920
ppmf p
MUSE
vour
f
ing what I've left for him,
pp
the seed he takes in one full cheek,
mf
with
A tempo q = 84rit. 924
f pp mf
A tempo q = 84rit.
MUSE
Cym.
op en mouth he does not speak,
pp
col canto
and plants
f
me deep by a
928
pp fcol canto
pp f
34
c34
34
c34
34
c34
34
c
34
c
34
c
34
34
34
34
3
3
3
3 3
33
3 3
111
MUSE
gard en tree, that nev er he'll with out
p
with
rit. A tempo q = 84932
p
rit. A tempo q = 84
MUSE
out
f
me be.
936
f pp mf
POET
The
pp
lure is too strong.
Adagio q = 66939
pp
44
34
c
44
34
c
44
34
c
c54
c54
c54
c24
34
c
c24
34
c
c24
34
c
3
3 3
6
3
3
3 53
3
The POET speaks to himself.
112
POET
I
p
want to be rich for him, I want to be
943
ppp
POET
fam
mf
ous for him, Real
f
ly
rit.
946
mf f
rit.
POET
fam ous, I want him to
A tempo q = 66948
p f
A tempo q = 66
c32
c
c32
c
c32
c
33
3
3
3
113
POET
want
mf
me for all the wrong reas
p
ons, for an y
951
mf p
POET
reas on; I want
f
him to want me un til
953
f
POET
sat
mp
is fied, he for gets
pp
all want for an y one else,
rit. A tempo q = 66956
mp pp
rit. A tempo q = 66
54
c
54
c
54
c
c
c
c
3
3
3
114
POET
the way that I was nev er ab le to do.
960
POET
Cym.
Late
mf
night poems for the saints to read
Andante q = 96964
p mf
mf
Andante q = 96
POET
who go to bed in a blank et of need. This night is young and so are
967
32
32
32
32
c
32
c
32
c
32
c
34
34
34
3
3
The POET sings to
the MUSE again.
3
3
115
POET
we, let's
p
plumb these depths and swim this sea,
f
and if by
970
p f
POET
fate we reach love's shore, let's dive back
973
POET
in and search for more!
accel. 976
accel.
34
34
34
24
c
24
c
24
c
c
c
c
3
3
6
116
MUSE
A
mp
lov er a day, ain't that the way to
Moderato q = 120978
mp
Moderato q = 120
MUSE
make life pay, be young be gay? A toss in the hay, a
982
MUSE
tur gid fay, a void the fray, stay home and play!
p Adagio q = 72985
pp
Adagio q = 72
32
c
32
c
32
c
c
c
c
33
117
POET
Bongos
989
p
f pp f
POET
Bongos
993
pp f pp
mp
54
54
54
54
The true poet never sleeps
twice in the same bed.
3 3
3
3
The DANCERS appear, One goes to the MUSE, the other to the POET.
They caress the POET and MUSE'S bodies; but are unseen by them.
You can't hide the heart of a naked man. Surrender is sweet;
3
33
118
POET
Bongos
996
f mp
f p
Bongos
999
Bongos
Sogo
f
Andante q = 1001002
ppAndante q = 100
54
c
54
c
54
c
54
c
surrender is bliss!
3 3
3
3
3
33
3 3 3
3
3
3
3
119
Sogo
f
rit. 1005
f
rit.
Sogo
mf
Adagio q = 691008
mf
Adagio q = 69
MUSE
Sogo
Wast
p
ed
1010
p
p
34
c
34
c
34
c
c
c
c
c
6
3 3
33
120
MUSE
flu ids se crete down tun nels and in to vac ant
1012
MUSE
lov er's mouths, in my ears the
f
vi o lent
1014
f
MUSE
sound, a nak ed bed creak ing to the pump ing
1016
3
3
3
3
121
MUSE
of a sing le arm; in my hand the flac id tears of all my
1018
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
forms and fan tas ies.
accel. 1020
I
f
want you
f
accel.
3
3 3 3
3 3
(vibrato)3 3
122
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
All
f
I ask is your
Andante q = 841022
raw ov er ice.
Andante q = 84
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
pure, un a dul ter at ed ad dic tion.
1024
You may do
3
5
123
POET
Tamb.
an y thing you want to me an y time, and place, and as
1026
POET
Tamb.
of ten as you like.
1028
3
3
124
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
I
f
would like to shave your bod y
1029
MUSE
Tri.
clean,
1030
mf
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
125
MUSE
strip
p
its
1031
p
MUSE
hair to
1032
MUSE
nak ed ness, see you
1033
54
54
54
54
32
54
32
54
32
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
3
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6
6 6 6
6 6 6 6 6
126
MUSE
bland as a cave liz ard,
1034
MUSE
Tri.
shim
mf
mer ing,
1035
mf
mf
MUSE
blind, as a white
1036
32
34
32
34
32
34
34
34
34
34
c
c
c
6 6
6 6 6 6
33
6 6 6 6 6 6
6 6 66 6 6
6 6
6 6
3
6
127
MUSE
cave fish;
f1037
MUSE
rit. 1038
f
rit.
MUSE
If
p
I
Adagio q = 691039
p ppp p
Adagio q = 69
c
c
c
6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6
6 6
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
128
MUSE
might, to touch your flesh i ness and move a bout your glas si ness
1042
p
MUSE
POET
Sogo
my lips of pink ened steel.
f1045
p ff
f
3 3
3
3
3
3
3
I don't want to
fuck your clever!
33
129
MUSE
POET
1049
POET
Cym.
A tempo q = 691050
pp
pp f
A tempo q = 69
32
32
32
32
32
54
c54
c
32
54
c54
c
32
54
c54
c
32
54
c54
c
FUCK...!
Indeed! It's just what everyone needs once ina while, a good sound fucking...
To be squashed between the matched bodies of two great gods like the delicate
oyster that conceals itself between the impermeable walls of its pearly hideaway
The DANCERS move away from the
POET and MUSE into a central space
between the two. They remove their clothes
and begin to melt into each other's bodies
130
POET
Bongos
1054
p
pp
Tamb.
Bongos
f
Andante q = 1001057
f
Andante q = 100
MUSE
Tamb.
Your
p
veins,
1060
p
p
c54
c54
c54
c54
c54
c54
c54
c54
54
c
54
c
54
c
54
c
peeking out only for quick tastes of the dim outside world.
3 3
3 3
3
3 3
6
131
MUSE
Tamb.
as they
1064
MUSE
Tamb.
move
f
you,
1066
f
f
MUSE
Tamb.
my arms as they
1068
132
MUSE
Tamb.
sooth you, our lips as they quench you,
1070
MUSE
Tamb.
my hips as they drench you, tip tip
1071
MUSE
Tamb.
tip tip tip tip tip tip
1073
6 6
133
MUSE
Tamb.
tip tip tip your glass and join me in my
1075
MUSE
Tamb.
spil ling,
1077
3
134
MUSE
Tamb.
bring
p
me bring me bring me
1079
p
pp
MUSE
Tamb.
bring me bring
mf
me bring me
1081
mp
mp
135
MUSE
Tamb.
bring me
1083
MUSE
Tamb.
bring me bring me
1084
136
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
Bongos
bring me bring me to your mouth.
f1085
You
f
f
f
f
POET
Bongos
have giv en me
1087
3 3
3 3
3
3 3
137
POET
Bongos
you have giv en me dis eas es
1089
POET
Bongos
giv en me dis eas es and I have ac cep ted,
1091
3
3
3
33 3
3
3 3 3
3
3
3 3
3 3
138
POET
Bongos
I
mp
I I I
1093
p
p
MUSE
POET
Bongos
my
mpPiù mosso q = 1121095
I I have ac ceep ted, pre sent ed
Più mosso q = 1123 3 3
139
MUSE
POET
Bongos
arms as they sooth you, my lips as they
1097
what pleas es pleas es
MUSE
POET
Bongos
quench
mf
you
1099
and
mf
I have col
mf
mf
3 3
5
140
MUSE
POET
Bongos
my hips as they drench you,
1100
lect ed
MUSE
POET
Bongos
as
ff
they
1101
I
ff
have ac cept ed
ff
ff
6 7
6 6
141
MUSE
POET
Bongos
move you, move you, my arms as they sooth you,
1102
what pleas es,
MUSE
POET
Bongos
our lips as they quench you, my
p1104
dis eas es, what pleas es, dis
p
3 3
3 3 3 3
142
MUSE
POET
Bongos
hips as they drench you, my hips as they
1106
eas es, what pleas es, dis
p
p
MUSE
POET
Bongos
drench you, my hips as they drench you,
ff1107
eas es, what pleas es, you
ff
have giv en me dis
f
f
sfz
3 3
3 3
143
POET
eas es
rit. 1109
rit.
MUSE
Sogo
Our
fAndante q = 100
1110
fAndante q = 100
MUSE
Sogo
bod ies the tools with
p1112
sfz
6 6
66
3
6
3
3 3
144
MUSE
Sogo
which we're made fools, our
mp1114
pp
pp
mf
MUSE
Sogo
bod ies our
ff
bod ies our
1116
ff
ff
MUSE
Sogo
our our our our our
1118
6 3
3
145
MUSE
Sogo
our our bod ies our bod
p
ies
1120
p
sfz p
MUSE
Cym.
your
f
bod y
1122
mp f
f
33 3
146
MUSE
Sogo
your
p1124
pp
pp
MUSE
Sogo
mp
bod y
1126
mp
mp
3
147
MUSE
Sogo
your
ff
bod y
1128
ff
ff
MUSE
Sogo
so su perb ly fil ling,
1130
MUSE
Sogo
tip
p
tip tip tip
mf1132
p
p
6
3
148
MUSE
Tamb.
Sogo
tip tip tip
f
tip tip tip tip your
1134
f
mf
f
MUSE
Tamb.
glass and join me in my spil ling,
1136
149
MUSE
Tamb.
bring
p
me
1138
pp
MUSE
bring me bring me bring me bring
mf
me
1140
3
150
MUSE
Tamb.
bring
mp
me
1142
mp
mp
MUSE
Tamb.
bring me bring me to your mouth.
f1143
f
f
151
POET
Sogo
flu
mf
ids flu ids
1145
p
p
POET
Sogo
flu ids flu ids have I plen ty, my son,
1147
3
66
152
POET
Sogo
flu ids tem per ance have I
accel. 1149
accel.
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
Sogo
bring
f
me bring me
Allegro q = 1261151
none,
ff
f
ff
ff
Allegro q = 126
f
3
153
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
bring me bring me bring me
1154
nev
f
er tease a horn y bard tease tease
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
bring me bring me
1157
tease tease tease tease
154
MUSE
POET
Sogo
bring
p
me to your
1159
tease
p
tease tease tease
p
p
MUSE
POET
Sogo
mouth
ff1161
nev
ff
er tease a horn y bard with met a phors un
f
ff
155
MUSE
POET
Sogo
bring
p
me to your
1163
spun! Nev
p
er tease a
p
p
MUSE
POET
Sogo
mouth
ff pp1165
horn
ff
y bard
pp
ff pp
ff pp
156
MUSE
POET
Sogo
bring
p
me
1167
Nev
p
er
ff pp
ff pp
MUSE
POET
Sogo
to your mouth
1169
tease a horn y
6 6 6 6
6 6 6 6
157
MUSE
POET
Sogo
ff1170
bard
ff
ff
ff
Cym.
pp
1172
158
MUSE
POET
Cym.
bring me to your
1175
with met a phors un
MUSE
POET
Gong
mouth!
f1177
spun!
f
fff
fff
All four men climax with violent abandon.
Even the dancers can be heard.3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
159
MUSE
POET
W.Ch.
I
pp
re mem ber want ing
Largo q = 521179
I
pp
re mem ber want ing
p
pp
Largo q = 52
MUSE
POET
things and then ful fil ling dream af ter dream af ter dream af ter
1183
things and then ful fil ling dream af ter dream af ter dream af ter dream
160
MUSE
POET
dream af ter dream af ter dream
f
af ter dream un til now, dreams
pprit. Adagio q = 72
1186
af ter dream af ter dream af
f
ter dream un til now, dreams
pp
f pp
rit. Adagio q = 72
MUSE
POET
ful filled, want ing to do them a gain.
rit. 1189
ful filled, want ing to do
mp
them a gain.
mp ppp
rit.
c
c
c
c
3 3 3
3 3 3
3 3The MUSE falls asleep.
3 3
161
POET
1193
POET
There
pp
is no light, the moon has waned,
A tempo q = 721194
pp
A tempo q = 72
POET
weight that has just been re leased
mf
on my spine;
p
mus cles col
Più mosso q = 841199
mf p
Più mosso q = 84
POET
lapsed, breath ing has low ered, soft
pp
hairs that feel like
rit. 1203
pp
rit.
54
54
54
54
c
54
c
54
c
Not so hard to get a good night's sleep, just an evening's dancing, a warm butt
and some quiet, lay you ten to one it's all you'll ever need.
162
POET
noth ing be tween us.
A tempo q = 84rit. Larghetto q = 601208
A tempo q = 84 Larghetto q = 60rit.
1212
pp
1216
1219
ppp
1222
3 3 3 3
The lights slowly fade on the POET and MUSE, both of whom are sated and spent.
The DANCERS however, resume their coupling. Their movement slows down as their
bodies become impossible to tell apart, and the lights very slowly fade out.
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 33
163
MUSE
1229
POET
1230
MUSE
1231
POET
1232
POET
1233
POET
1234
Lights up on the POET and MUSE. While they are not in the same space, they
are trading stories as if they were having a late night face to face with drinks.
I remember teachers illustrating Einstein to be a genius by
the fact that he would forget to wear sox, or would wear
sox that didn't match,
and I thought, even then, that just the fact that these ridiculous
nits would bother to make note of whether a person wore
sox, or unmatched sox, perfectly illustrates why they are
not geniuses.
Fourth Exchange: Two Nooses
I remember my mother taking me to purchase my first
athletic supporter.
"Small." she told the salesman. And I countermanded, bodly,
"Large."
We got the small. It fit just fine.
I remember my brother making a deal with me, that if I
would let him do it to me, he would let me do it to
him.
Well, I did, and he didn't.
Now he's married, with kids,
and I'm embarrassed to ask ...
I remember when my friend Karen's husband had just left her, after
forty years.
"You don't know what it's like," she admonished me;
"No," I conceded, "and you don't
know what it's like to be left by forty husbands."
The MUSE, never at a loss for words, is silent
Innocence can only be donned by a
soul who has tried everything.
I should brush my teeth.
The POET stands up, goes to the sink and splashes some water on his face
164
MUSE
I
mf
held you a mong the net tles but you were far a way,
Andante q = 1001235
f
Andante q = 100
MUSE
I pressed my face to your bod y in the leaves and was on ly
1238
MUSE
stung by the dis ap point ment, your ab sence; I
p
swayed
Meno mosso q = 84 rit. 1241
p
Meno mosso q = 84 rit.
54
54
54
54
c34
54
c34
54
c34
c34
c34
c34
3 3
3
3
165
MUSE
a mong the flow ers of your beau ty
A tempo q = 841246
A tempo q = 84
MUSE
and was bit ten by the wild dis play,
1250
MUSE
chase
f
me down a mong the brok en stems,
mp
I am
1254
f mp
3
166
MUSE
drowned in the mem o ry, pul ling loose my shirt, my
1258
p
p
MUSE
pants, roll ing nak ed in your burn
f
ing arms,
1262
f
MUSE
bit ter bru tal charms;
ff1265
ff
c
c
c
c
c
c
3
3 3
3 3 3 3
3 3
3 3 3 3
You are not here!
167
POET
I
p mf
like that you're smart er than me, I like that you're na iv er than
Moderato q = 1161268
mf
Moderato q = 116
POET
me; I don't mind that you're young er than me (though I
1271
POET
have tra di tion al ly pre ferred old er).
1273
3
3
168
POET
I
p
love that we have n't
Allegro q = 1381275
pp
Allegro q = 138
POET
met and yet feel so deep ly as though we
1278
POET
had I
f
love that you've loved in sev en
1281
f
3
3
3
3
3 3
3 3
169
POET
lan guag es (for I have so man y yet to
1284
POET
go);
p
I love
f
that you have yet to find
1287
p f
POET
"home" (so that I can of fer you mine).
prit.
1290
p
rit.
34
34
34
3 3
3 3
3
3
3 3 3
3 3 3
170
POET
Andante q = 761293
ppp
Andante q = 76
pp
Adagio q = 661298
pp
MUSE
How
p
do you say
1299
mp
34
c
34
c
34
c
32
32
32
c
32
c
32
c
When I truly think of you I realize that I don't
have a clue who you really are - do you smoke,
do you drink to excess, do you show kindness
to strangers? When I am sick will you nurse me
with joy; when you are sick will you allow
yourself to be coddled? Are you good with the
non-theoreticals? Is there blood behind your
honed words?
171
MUSE
no to a dy ing man: his fin gers in your
1300
MUSE
hair,
mf
the smell of co
1302
mf
MUSE
logne
p
mask ing the
1303
p
c54
c54
c54
54
c
54
c
54
c
c
c
c
3
3
172
MUSE
scent of dis ease,
1304
mp
MUSE
limbs too tired to wres tle with your own, hands
rit. A tempo q = 661306
rit. A tempo q = 66
MUSE
trem bling with pal sy, gen i tals
rit. A tempo q = 661308
pp
rit. A tempo q = 66
64
64
64
64
c34
64
c34
64
c34
34
32
c
34
32
c
34
32
c
3
3 3
33 3
3
3 3
173
MUSE
shrunk en and damp; I will not
Andante q = 1001311
Andante q = 100
MUSE
fight you ov er brok
f
en love or
1314
f
MUSE
ar
p
gue ov er love's reck less
1316
p
3
3
3
3
3
174
MUSE
reach;
f
the moon
pp
is
1318
f pp
MUSE
set ting, it is time for
rit. 1320
rit.
MUSE
sleep,
1322
32
32
32
3
33 3
3
3
3
33
175
MUSE
but
p
how do you say
Adagio q = 661323
mp
Adagio q = 66
MUSE
no to a dy ing man: his blood
1324
MUSE
mf
in your
rit.
1326
mf
rit.
32
c
32
c
32
c
c54
c54
c54
54
32
54
32
54
32
176
MUSE
mouth?
pAllegro q. = 116
1327
p pp f
Allegro q. = 116
POET
If
f
you don't see
e = e1329
f
e = e
POET
me as Shiv a, look a
1332
32
68
c
32
68
c
32
68
c
c68
c68
c68
c68
c68
c68
68
c68
c
68
c68
c
68
c68
c
3
3
177
POET
gain: vi pers dive
1335
POET
in to my bod y, as horns sprout
1339
POET
out like warts;
1343
c68
c68
c
c68
c68
c
c68
c68
c
c68
c68
c
c68
c68
c
c68
c68
c
c68
c
c68
c
c68
c
33
178
POET
the might y Gang es flows from the
1346
POET
crack in my skull and floods the plains be neath
1349
POET
me; with Dur
p
ga on one palm and
1353
pp
c68
c68
c68
c68
c68
c68
68
c68
c68
68
c68
c68
68
c68
c68
68
c
68
c
68
c
33
3 3
179
POET
Kal i on the oth
mf
er,
1357
POET
I
ff
can se duce the world and
Allegro (Meno mosso) q = 160
1359
ff
Allegro (Meno mosso) q = 160
POET
lay it to ruin, rid ing a
1362
3
3
3
3
3
3 3
3 3 3 3
33
33
3 3 3
3
180
POET
way on my sacr ed mount, with the flick of a tail we are
1365
POET
Cym.
van ished: Lie down be
1368
f
POET
fore me and weep,
mp
for all that we have im
1370
p
3
3
3 3
3 3
181
POET
ag ined is true, and all
ff
you have
1373
ff
POET
dreamed is laid to waste:
Allegro q. = 116 e = e1376
Allegro q. = 116 e = e
POET
I
p1379
pp
32
32
32
32
68
c68
32
68
c68
32
68
c68
68
c68
c
68
c68
c
68
c68
c
3
3
3 3 3 33 3 3 3
3 3
3 3 3 3
3 3
3 3 3 3
182
POET
f
am Shiv a,
1382
f
POET
I
p1385
p
POET
f
am Shiv a,
1389
f
c68
c
c68
c
c68
c
68
c68
c
68
c68
c
68
c68
c
c68
c68
c
c68
c68
c
c68
c68
c
183
POET
rit. 1393
rit.
POET
Tri.
Andante q = 921397
p
p
mp
Andante q = 92
POET
Tri.
1401
f
c68
c68
c68
c54
c54
c54
c54
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I am Shiva -
This change in tone has silenced the
MUSE again. He sinks to the floor.
3 3
3
Who did you think you were dicking with?
184
POET
rit. 1405
pprit.
pp
POET
A tempo q = 921410
mf
A tempo q = 92
mf
MUSE
1414
pp
pp
34
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34
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34
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c
34
c
34
34
34
Nobody ever told me it's fun growing old,
to laugh at the years and watch time unfold,
The Poet can sense his sadness and fear. His tone
therefore softens a bit, but his sentiment is the same.
life is a mirror which riddles the truth:
age is but an excess of youth!
Angelic forms are cruel at best,
our hearts to slay and minds arrest,
while souls are captured, bound and gagged,
as ever we play this mortal tag.
The MUSE raises his head. There is desperation in his voice
185
MUSE
POET
I
pp1415
What
pp
do you want from me?
pp
MUSE
POET
want to be co de pend ent with you, I want
mp
to get drunk
1422
mp
MUSE
and
mf
op er ate heav y e quip ment; I want to seek coun sel ing to
1428
mf
34
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34
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34
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34
24
24
24
Be at peace my diminutive faun,
3 3
186
MUSE
geth er and then gang up on the coun sel or un til he or she
1431
MUSE
POET
calles the cops--- I want to bel li ger ate the cops...!
1435
I
p
POET
want to be the bot tle you getdrunk with; the nip
mf
ple you
1439
pp mf
24
24
24
34
34
c
34
34
c
34
34
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34
34
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c
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187
POET
suck, the o
p
pi um in your veins...
pp1444
pp mp pp
MUSE
I'd
p
rath er see you cry than be er u dite; I want an o pen heart
1448
MUSE
and trem bling e mo tions. I
mf
want us ter ri fied
1452
mf
54
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3
188
MUSE
and
p
fra gile, like Grand ma's Rus sian crys tal
rit. Più mosso q = 1041456
rit. Più mosso q = 104
p
MUSE
too frail to un pack, too beau ti ful not to dis play.
mf
I have
1459
mf
MUSE
kis ses that are burn ing with in my cheeks.
fPresto q = 176
1464
f
Presto q = 176
54
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54
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54
34
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34
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54
34
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33
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3
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189
MUSE
I don't care if you burst in to tears or
1468
MUSE
laugh ter, as
p
long as you melt with
1472
p
MUSE
in my arms.
f1476
f
190
MUSE
1480
MUSE
I
p
want you too
rit. Allegro q = 1441483
p
rit. Allegro q = 144
MUSE
POET
flust ered to be Je sus.
rit. Moderato q = 1121486
mf
As I said be fore.
mf
rit. Moderato q = 112
54
54
54
54
3
3 3
3
191
POET
I love that you are smart er than me-- I can use a walk ing
1490
POET
cal cu la tor and ref er ence guide! But I plan tokeep my fin ger al ways up on the
1493
POET
On/ O� switch. I plan to show you con tent you have yet tocal cu late,
1496
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54
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3 3
3
3
33
3
3
3
192
POET
and my thol o gies thus far be yond your ken, I
f
plan to use you up,
1499
MUSE
POET
Adagio q = 72 rit. 1502
and
pp
then breathe life back in to your frag ile mor tal clay.
pp
Adagio q = 72 rit.
c54
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c34
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c34
c54
c34
3
3
I - I ...
3 3
193
POET
I
p
have two noos es
Andante q = 1001507
p
Andante q = 100
POET
one for you and one for me.
1512
POET
Let's die to this life and be born a
1517
34
34
34
194
POET
gain, to geth er on a farm some where,
1522
POET
where time is snail paced
1527
POET
and two dust y lads may share a
1532
33 3 3
3
3 3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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195
POET
bed. Let's
mf
quiv er and gig gle dur ing
1536
mf
POET
thun der storms and gawk dumb found ed at
1539
POET
end less skies
f
full of tire less stars.
col canto1542
f
c
c
c
3 3 3
3
3 3 3 3 3 3
3
3
3
3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
col canto
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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3
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3
3
196
POET
p1546
p
POET
Let
pp
us die now to geth er
1550
pp
POET
from our lands so far a part,
1555
c34
34
c34
34
c34
34
197
POET
where sir ens shriek, where soul less pol i ti cians
Moderato q = 1201560
Moderato q = 120
POET
wave
mf
and rant and prea chers vo mit vile
1564
mf
POET
vi tri ol a bout an y one who deos n't eat the same pa thet ic
accel. 1568
accel.
c
c
c
34
34
34
34
34
34
198
POET
break
f
fast ce re al; let us meet to geth er in a
Allegro q = 1601571
f
Allegro q = 160
POET
land ruled by hob bits, dwarves, and din o saurs in
1575
POET
flan nel vests...
1579
c
c
c
34
34
34
3
3 3
3
199
POET
rit. Andante q = 1001582
p
rit. Andante q = 100
POET
I
p
have two noos es both weaved from
1586
POET
let ters and poems re ceived and sent.
1591
34
34
34
3
33
33
3 3
200
POET
They con tain your dreams, your faith, your
Moderato q = 1201596
Moderato q = 120
POET
scent; I
f
share one with you, my
1601
f
POET
po et my friend,
mp
with the que ries; What is
1604
p
c c
c c
c c
201
POET
life,
f
if but the bru tal ma trix of a lone ness:
1607
f
POET
and what is Love,
ff
if not worth dy ing
rit. Andante q = 100
1610
ff
rit. Andante q = 100
POET
for? what is
1614
mp
c34
c34
c34
202
POET
Love,
pp
if not
pp
worth
rit. rit. Meno mosso q = 76
1620
p
rit. rit. Meno mosso q = 76
MUSE
POET
ad lib.
When
p
you talk of
Adagio q = 69A tempo q = 69
1627
dy ing for?
pp
Adagio q = 69 A tempo q = 69
MUSE
su i cide I trem ble and hide the ra zor blades; when you talk of
1632
pp
c54
c54
c54
c54
54
c54
54
c54
54
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3 3
The MUSE is now
on the verge of tears
3
3
203
MUSE
love I shiv er and sharp en the knives...
1635
POET
1638
POET
1639
pp
A tempo q = 691640
pp
54
34
c
54
34
c
54
34
c
32
32
Who did you think you were messin' with, buttboy?
I am that I am!
Now, sweet child, if you would, I have
universes to attend to.
So put up your damn rhymes, pull up your
meta-phors, and get your presumptuous ass to bed!
The POET exits. The MUSE is silent.
After a few moments, the POET stomps
back onstage
I love you, So fuck o�! The POET exits again
204
MUSE
Horn
p
ets crash a gainst the
1641
mp
MUSE
win dow glass in an ef fort to es scape the night:
1642
MUSE
mf
I blow out the
1644
mf
32
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32
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54
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54
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54
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32
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32
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32
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205
MUSE
can
p
dle and pull the cov ers ov er my
1645
p
MUSE
head...
1647
p
MUSE
1648
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32
c
32
c
32
c
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33
How do you say no to a dying man?
206
mf
1650
p
1651
pp
rit. 1653
1655
pp
1657
54
c
54
c
c
c
54
54
Lights fade on the MUSE
33
207
POET
I
pAdagio q = 69
1660
mp
Adagio q = 69
POET
miss all my old lov ers, where
1663
p
POET
ev er they lay bleed ing be neath
mf
the grass,
1665
mf
54
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54
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54
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32
32
32
Lights up on the POET, who is writing again for the first time since
the beginning of the piece. He seems dilligent, as if under a deadline.
Final Exchange: Ten Million Angels
3 3 3 3 3
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3
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3
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208
POET
I
p
would take them all once a gain in my
1667
p mf p
POET
arms and tell them that it is not that
1669
POET
bad,
mf
that it will all be all
1671
mf
32
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32
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32
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54
54
54
54
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54
c
54
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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3
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3
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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
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209
POET
right;
p
death af ter all seems so un
1673
mp
POET
reach a ble to the liv ing, so tem po rar y as
mf1676
POET
though it were but a mis take,
1679
mf
34
34
34
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3
3
3
3
3
3 3 3 3
210
POET
Cym.
a dream that will fade back in to the re
1681
pp f
ff
POET
al i ty of th sun ny morn.
1684
c
c
c
c
3 3 3
3 3
3 3
3
211
POET
pp1686
pp
1688
MUSE
In
pprit. Largo q = 581690
pp p
rit. Largo q = 58
54
c
54
c
54
c
The MUSE enters. He somehow looks older now, as if he's
just reached the summit of a climb he had grossly underestimated.
When he sings, the POET does now look up from his writing.
33
33 3
212
MUSE
death per haps our song is sweet, but
1694
MUSE
liv
mp
ing lends us nim ble feet with which to glide on
1696
mf
MUSE
bor rowed wings, some min or trips, a few
pp
good things,
rit. A tempo q = 581698
p pp
rit. A tempo q = 58
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213
MUSE
then
mp
back a gain to Heav en's
1701
mp
MUSE
POET
Cym.
teat, our souls con ceived, our lives re plete.
mf1703
But
f
for the
mf
214
POET
Cym.
love of mor tal man would I sail to ward that
1706
f
f
POET
prom ised land, while trum pets blare and ser aphs sings; we find this
1707
POET
pa gan king, at home
ff
on just this spot of
1709
ff
gliss.
6
215
POET
sand but for the love
rit. 1711
rit.
MUSE
POET
Mon
mf
a mi, the
Andante q. = 761713
of mor tal man.
Andante q. = 76
68
68
68
68
gliss.
3
3
3 3
3
216
MUSE
ros es are wilt ing a gain, we ne ver seem to
1716
mf
MUSE
bur y them fast e nough... The ros es are dy ing
1719
MUSE
one
p
by one, you and I, we die
f
slow e
rit. 1722
p f
rit.
24
24
24
33
33 3
3
3
33 3 3 3
3
3
3 3
3 3 3 3
217
MUSE
nough
p
to watch them:
mf
we should learn
A tempo q. = 761725
p mf
A tempo q. = 76
MUSE
nev er to plant in some thing shal low as love.
fAndante q = 108
1728
f
Andante q = 108
24
24
68
24
24
68
24
24
68
34
34
34
3 3 3 3
3
3 3 3 3
218
MUSE
POET
1731
I
mp
drew your bod y in the shape I
p
POET
want ed but did not know how to make it move,
1735
3
219
POET
I knew your bod y in that shape too
1739
f p
POET
but nev er knew how to make it re spond;
1743
POET
my pen cil moves too quick ly sketch ing things I did not
1747
3
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
3 3 3
220
POET
want
f
to see!
1750
f ff
Cym.
f
Adagio q = 691753
pp ppp
Adagio q = 69
3
3 3 3 3 3 3
There is LIGHTINING and gentle THUNDER.
They BOTH listen as the rain begins to fall.
221
MUSE
W.Ch.
The
pp
rain is here af ter a long ab sence.
1761
p
POET
It
p
soothes the nak ed flesh of the streets and stones
1767
POET
wash
mf
es leaves clean and makes cats rest less in their lair, where it
1770
mf
c
c
c
c
3
222
POET
Tamb.
touch
p
es me I am cleansed:
f
it rins es my hair and soft ens my
1773
f
p f
POET
Tamb.
brow bur row ing in to the well of my thoughts,
mp1776
p
3 3
gliss.
3
3 3
223
POET
Tri.
it brings to light
f
the flow ers of ap proach ing
1779
f
fp f
fp
POET
Tri.
spring, bloom
pp
ing in thegard ens where the dust of my past has been a
rit. Meno mosso q = 581783
p
pp
rit. Meno mosso q = 58
34
34
34
34
224
POET
Gong
bat
f
ed, the
pp
rain has re turned: I am bar ren no
1788
pp
f ppp
MUSE
POET
You
pp
are a mil lion miles a way--- your
rit. 1793
more. rit.
MUSE
eve
mf
ry breath brings me clos er to your
Adagio q = 691797
mf
Adagio q = 69
c32
c32
c32
c32
32
c34
32
c34
32
c34
32
c34
3 3
33
33
3 3
225
MUSE
lips: we
p
are the por tals of the Un know a ble,
Meno mosso q = 601800
p
Meno mosso q = 60
MUSE
POET
you
f
and I.
1804
f pp mp
accel. 1810
24
34
24
24
34
24
24
34
24
c34
c34
c34
c34
33
Treasure the Unknown,
for it is the only thing that is pure...!
3 3
3 3
5
3
3 3
226
POET
If
mf
you do not al
Andante q = 761813
f mf
Andante q = 76
POET
read y know it, young po et, then
1815
POET
trust
mp
my words, that I
f
am with you
1817
p f
24
34
24
34
24
34
34
24
34
34
24
34
34
24
34
33
227
POET
now and will nev er be a
1819
POET
part from you--- which is big
p
ger than, but in clu sive of the
1821
p
POET
fact that I de mand un lim it ed ac
f
cess--- or at
rit. 1824
f
rit.
34
24
34
34
24
34
34
24
34
34
24
34
24
34
24
3
3
3
228
POET
least first rights of re fu sal-- to your
A tempo q = 761827
A tempo q = 76
POET
Sogo
deep est re ces
p
ses and the
1830
p
p
3
3
229
POET
Sogo
Pre cious Child that we have be got.
f rit. 1834
f
f
rit.
MUSE
POET
Tri.
Sogo
We
p
make
Largo q = 581838
p
p
p ppp
Largo q = 58
c
c
c
c
c
c
3
3
3
3 3
230
MUSE
Cym.
love as we al ways have where we al ways have, and those who have al ways
1843
p
MUSE
scorned us con tin ue, as we con tin ue in si lence, our e mo tions
1846
MUSE
Cym.
pure as sweat, our voic es speak ing loud ly with in
f
us.
1849
ff
f
c54
c
c54
c
c54
c
c54
c
c32
54
34
c32
54
34
c32
54
34
34
34
c
34
34
c
34
34
c
34
34
c
3
231
MUSE
POET
Cym.
Love
f
has come to
Andante q = 1001853
Love
f
has come to
pp f
ppp mf f
Andante q = 100
MUSE
POET
wake the dead,
p
let souls re joice
f
and fill the bed as
1859
wake the dead,
p
let souls re joice
f
and fill the bed as
p f
34
34
34
34
34
Humbly, we took pride in this,
that two men stood and bravely kissed,
oblivious to voice or fist,
enraptured in this simple bliss.
33
33
232
MUSE
POET
Heav en tucks its blank
mp
ets 'round and lifts our mat tress from the
rit. 1865
Heav en tucks its blank
mp
ets 'round and lifts our mat tress from the
mp
rit.
MUSE
POET
Cym.
ground: Love
pp
has come to shake the earth, to cleave her
A tempo q = 1001869
ground: Love
pp
has come to shake the earth, to cleave her
mp pp
pp
A tempo q = 100
c34
c34
c34
c34
3
3
3
233
MUSE
POET
thighs and give
f
her birth, ten
p
mil lion
1875
thighs and give
f
her birth, ten
p
mil lion
f p
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
an gels fill the air to yank us up by ears and hair.
f1879
an gels fill the air to yank us up by ears and hair.
f
f
f
c
c
c
c
c
3
3
234
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
Love has come to end the drought with
1884
Love has come to end the drought with
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
hearts like rain drops met ed out; I heard the ring,
1888
hearts like rain drops met ed out; I heard the ring,
c34
c34
c34
c34
c34
24
24
24
24
24
235
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
the fin al bell, while I was
1891
the fin al bell, while I was
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
bus y court ing Hell. per
1894
bus y court ing Hell.
24
34
24
24
34
24
24
34
24
24
34
24
24
34
24
24
34
24
34
24
34
24
34
24
34
236
MUSE
POET
haps this heav en we em brace an gel ic
1897
is two clear eyes,
MUSE
POET
face, where pas sion rides two skies of blue,
1900
where pas sion rides two skies of blue,
237
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
com pas sion, joy,
f
and
p
sor row
1903
com pas sion, joy,
f
and
p
sor row
f mp
pp f pp
MUSE
POET
too, a
mp
saint ly smile, up
1906
too, which
mp
dev il grins
238
MUSE
POET
on a cleft and feath ered chin, a
1909
and feath ered chin, a
MUSE
POET
top
mf
a stout and no ble breast which bids us suck at
1911
top
mf
a stout and no ble breast which bids us suck at
mf
c34
c34
c34
c34
34
c
34
c
34
c
34
c
239
MUSE
POET
God's
ff
be hest;
1913
God's
ff
be hest;
ff
MUSE
POET
a
p
life a
rit. Adagio q = 691915
a
p
life a
pp
rit. Adagio q = 69
34
c
34
c
34
c
34
c
c34
c34
c34
c34
240
MUSE
POET
way from mor tal harm
1921
way from mor tal harm as crushed are we by sage ly arms
mf
mp
MUSE
and
p
tucked a way 'tween Love's own
pp
thighs:
rit. Largo q = 581930
pp
rit. Largo q = 58
c
c
c
241
MUSE
POET
Yes, Heav en, this, I'll glad ly,
1938
Yes,
pp
Heav en, this, I'll glad ly,
pp
MUSE
POET
die! Yes, Heav en,
1941
die! Yes, Heav en,
54
c34
54
c34
54
c34
54
c34
34
c34
54
34
c34
54
34
c34
54
34
c34
54
3 3
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3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
242
MUSE
POET
this, I'll glad ly, die!
1944
this, I'll glad ly, die!
MUSE
POET
Tamb.
Yes,
f
Heav en, this, I'll glad ly, die!
pp1947
Yes,
f
Heav en, this, I'll glad ly, die!
pp
pp ff
f pp
54
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54
c54
54
c54
54
c54
54
32
54
c
54
32
54
c
54
32
54
c
54
32
54
c
54
32
54
c
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3
33
243
MUSE
POET
Cym.
Gong
1952
ff
ppp
f
ppp
1958
32
32
For the first time in the entire piece, the POET and the MUSE
look at each other, They freeze as the world around them melts
away with the falling rain until there is nothing left around them
but beautiful, empty space. The DANCERS enter and guide the
POET and MUSE very close to one another. While the two of
them are still locked in each other's gaze.
3
3
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1962
1966
Sogo
pp mf
1969
mp
c
c
The DANCERS undress the POET and MUSE.
Once they are both naked, the dancers exit.
3 3
pizz.
3
The POET and MUSE stand transfixed and glorious
in each other's presence. They move closer still, and as
they almost make contact, the lights BLACK OUT.
245
Sogo
1972
Sogo
1974
Sogo
ff
1976
ff
36
36
6
3 3
6
3
3
246
Sogo
1979
Sogo
1981
Sogo
1982
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34
34
3
6 3
3 3
3
3
3
33
6
6 6
3
247
Cym.
mp fff
1984
fff
pp
Meno mosso q = 46 rit. Adagio q = 69
1987
fff
rit. 1993
c34
c34
c34
c54
c54
54
c
54
c
35
6
33
33
248
Cym.
Gong
mp ff ff
Andante q = 1041998
ff
mp fff
Andante q = 104
pp fp
2003
fff
2008
c
c
3
3 3
3
3 3 3
249
pp
2012
fff
2015
3
3
250
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