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.