THREE HAIKU VS. THE PET GILA MONSTER (a song cycle)
lyrics
A burst of radiation
Ten thousand strong
Erases this song
The song bursts
Detonates
Vapor trails
Out to space
Where is it
What happens
To a sang
When it‘s gone
Does it go
Forever
On and on
No ending
Beginning
To get it
Is that how
The song goes?
A burst of radiation
Ten thousand strong
Erases this song
A burst of radiation
A zillion years long
Folks singin’ a song
credits
from Elma Mayer,
released September 1, 1996
Vocal Elma Mayer; piano Mary Bopp; recorded live at Dance Theater Workshop, NYC, January, 1995. Composed by Elma Mayer.