
This poem was written by #mariehowe and set to music by @inara_george Singularity
Marie Howe
(after Stephen Hawking)
Do you sometimes want to wake up to the singularity
we once were?
so compact nobody
needed a bed, or food or money—
nobody hiding in the school bathroom
or home alone
pulling open the drawer
where the pills are kept.
For every atom belonging to me as good
Belongs to you. Remember?
There was no Nature. No
them. No tests
to determine if the elephant
grieves her calf or if
the coral reef feels pain. Trashed
oceans don’t speak English or Farsi or French;
would that we could wake up to what we were
—when we were ocean and before that
to when sky was earth, and animal was energy, and rock was
liquid and stars were space and space was not
at all—nothing
before we came to believe humans were so important
before this awful loneliness.
Can molecules recall it?
what once was? before anything happened?
No I, no We, no one. No was
No verb no noun
only a tiny tiny dot brimming with
is is is is is
All everything home
Happy release day to @inara_george, whose new single “America” is streaming everywhere now! Link in bio.
Inara George - Vocals
Larry Goldings (@larrygoldings) - Piano
Gabe Noel - Upright Bass and Cello
Bukka Allen (@bukkaallen) - Accordion
Produced by Inara George
Mixed and Mastered by Steve Kaye (@sunkingstudios)
Additional engineering by Inara George, Gabe Noel, Larry Goldings, and Pat Manske
Cover art by Bella Porter (@madebybellaporter)
See Inara live on Saturday, January 28 at @zebulonla!
We are pleased to announce the release of a new @inara_george single, “America,” coming this Friday, January 20. She says, “I wrote this song after a road trip I took with my children a few summers ago. As we drove through some of the most beautiful parts of the country, and then sometimes the most depressing highways filled with all of the same chain restaurants, it got me thinking about the past and the future of this country. I suppose it’s just a song about what freedom really means.” Stay tuned!
See Inara live on Saturday, January 28 at @zebulonla. Ticket link in bio.