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had better hide love in the closet...</b></div> <div> <B>In this crooked dead end and twisting chill,</b></div> <div> <B>they feed the fire</b></div> <div> <B>with the kindling of song and poetry.</b></div> <div> <B>Do not risk a thought.</b></div> <div> <B>These are strange times, darling...</b></div> <div> <B>He who knocks on the door at midnight</b></div> <div> <B>has come to kill the light.</b></div> <div> <B>We had better hide light in the closet...</b></div> <div> <B>Those there are butchers</b></div> <div> <B>stationed at the crossroads</b></div> <div> <B>with bloody clubs and cleavers.</b></div> <div> <B>These are strange times, darling...</b></div> <div> <B>And they excise smiles from lips</b></div> <div> <B>and songs from mouths.</b></div> <div> <B>We had better hide joy in the closet...</b></div> <div> <B>Canaries barbecued</b></div> <div> <B>on a fire of lilies and jasmine,</b></div> <div> <B>these are strange times, darling...</b></div> <div> <B>Satan drunk with victory</b></div> <div> <B>sits at our funeral feast.</b></div> <div> <B>We had better hide God in the closet.</b></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>----------------------------------------------------------</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Fairies </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Once upon a time, </b></div> <div> <B>Three Fairies sat</b></div> <div> <B>Naked at sunset</b></div> <div> <B>Under the blue dome of sky </b></div> <div> <B>"Boo-hoo," cried the Fairies</b></div> <div> <B>and their tears were like rain from Spring clouds </b></div> <div> <B>Their hair was as long as rope</b></div> <div> <B>and as dark as night</b></div> <div> <B>It may have been even longer than rope</b></div> <div> <B>and it may have been even darker than night </b></div> <div> <B>Before them, upon the horizon</b></div> <div> <B>Was a city of enslaved boys</b></div> <div> <B>Behind them, black and cold</b></div> <div> <B>sat the old fabled Castle (where they used to live) </b></div> <div> <B>They listened; and from the city they heard</b></div> <div> <B>the sounds of chains clinking</b></div> <div> <B>While from behind them in the castle</b></div> <div> <B>came the nightly moans </b></div> <div> <B>Hey, aren't you Fairies hungry?</b></div> <div> <B>Aren't you Fairies thirsty? or tired?</b></div> <div> <B>Why is it that you Fairies are crying? </b></div> <div> <B>The Fairies said nothing</b></div> <div> <B>and "Boo-hoo," they continued to cry</b></div> <div> <B>and their tears were like rain from Spring clouds </b></div> <div> <B>Dear Fairies, why are you crying?</b></div> <div> <B>You fairies must be afraid of something.</b></div> <div> <B>Are you worried that it may snow?</b></div> <div> <B>Are you scared that it may rain?</b></div> <div> <B>Do you fear that the wolf may come and eat you?</b></div> <div> <B>Or do you think that the Devil himself</b></div> <div> <B>is coming to eat you? </b></div> <div> <B>You Fairies must be afraid of something.</b></div> <div> <B>Why don't you come to our City?</b></div> <div> <B>Listen! Can't you hear the sound</b></div> <div> <B>of our City's chains clinking </b></div> <div> <B>Hey, look you Fairies!</b></div> <div> <B>Look how tall I am</b></div> <div> <B>Watch my white horse</b></div> <div> <B>with its honey-colored mane and it's honey-colored tail</b></div> <div> <B>which runs as swift as the wind</b></div> <div> <B>See the veins and muscles ripple hard as iron</b></div> <div> <B>in his legs and in his neck</b></div> <div> <B>Watch our horse's nose as he puts it in the air! </b></div> <div> <B>Our city is celebrating tonight</b></div> <div> <B>For the Devil's house has been overthrown</b></div> <div> <B>The country people are our guests tonight</b></div> <div> <B>Venturing from their homes </b></div> <div> <B>They are coming, "Dom" "Dom" "Dom"</b></div> <div> <B>They are drumming "Pom" "Pom" "Pom"</b></div> <div> <B>They are laughing, "Ha" "Ha" "Ha"</b></div> <div> <B>They are singing:</b></div> <div> <B>"The City is ours!"</b></div> <div> <B>"We are happy!" --- the Devil complains</b></div> <div> <B>"The world is ours" --- the Devil howls</b></div> <div> <B>"Whiteness is king! --- the Devil moans</b></div> <div> <B>"Darkness is ashamed" --- the Devil groans </b></div> <div> <B>Listen Fairies, the long night is ending</b></div> <div> <B>and the heavy doors of the castle are fastened. </b></div> <div> <B>If you can wake earlier and mount my horse</b></div> <div> <B>Together we can arrive in the City</b></div> <div> <B>If you can wake earlier and listen</b></div> <div> <B>you will hear the wonderful chains rattle and clink</b></div> <div> <B>Yes, the expensive chains</b></div> <div> <B>chain to chain and link by link</b></div> <div> <B>loosening and dropping from the people's wrists</b></div> <div> <B>The chains are worn out! They shatter!</b></div> <div> <B>If you are a Devil you will be miserable this night. </b></div> <div> <B>There is no place for Devils to run now</b></div> <div> <B>For them, the forests will be barren</b></div> <div> <B>For them, the jungles will be desert</b></div> <div> <B>It is different here in our City</b></div> <div> <B>Oh Fairies! You have no idea</b></div> <div> <B>how things have changed! </b></div> <div> <B>The Castle doors are open</b></div> <div> <B>the slave-holders and the Devils are ashamed</b></div> <div> <B>the slaves are being freed</b></div> <div> <B>The dungeons are being transformed</b></div> <div> <B>And now he who has been imprisoned and tortured</b></div> <div> <B>is given balm</b></div> <div> <B>The sharp straws have become soft rugs </b></div> <div> <B>Yes, the slaves are becoming free</b></div> <div> <B>So many, Free!</b></div> <div> <B>Free to consider revenge</b></div> <div> <B>With sickles and hoes</b></div> <div> <B>They become a flood,</b></div> <div> <B>a flood of slaves</b></div> <div> <B>a flood of anger, Whoosh!</b></div> <div> <B>The slaves are becoming free</b></div> <div> <B>So many, Free!</b></div> <div> <B>Free to consider revenge</b></div> <div> <B>With sickles and hoes</b></div> <div> <B>They become a roaring fire</b></div> <div> <B>And how beautiful are fireworks</b></div> <div> <B>in the heart of the night!</b></div> <div> <B>How wonderful the firelightis! </b></div> <div> <B>Finally the night-fires dwindle and sunrise comes</b></div> <div> <B>Not much remains of the night</b></div> <div> <B>Now the slaves are ready to pick up torches</b></div> <div> <B>and beat the soul of the night with them</b></div> <div> <B>and finish off the Devil's darkness </b></div> <div> <B>They are ready; ready to bring him into courtyard,</b></div> <div> <B>ready to redicule and taunt him.</b></div> <div> <B>It is time to take each other's hands</b></div> <div> <B>and dance around the loser </b></div> <div> <B>So, what are you crying about Fairies?</b></div> <div> <B>Stop your whining! </b></div> <div> <B>But the Fairies didn't answer</b></div> <div> <B>They only continued to weep</b></div> <div> <B>and their tears were like rain from Spring clouds </b></div> <div> <B>At the longest night of Winter</b></div> <div> <B>When we all used to sit around the Korsi (1)</b></div> <div> <B>eating sunflower seeds</b></div> <div> <B>While listening to the rain</b></div> <div> <B>and its sound in the gutter </b></div> <div> <B>Our Nanny used to tell us stories</b></div> <div> <B>About striped fairies</b></div> <div> <B>The story of a yellow Fairy and a green Fairy</b></div> <div> <B>The story of the patient stone</b></div> <div> <B>The story of a goat on the roof and</b></div> <div> <B>the story of the daughter of the King of the Fairies! </b></div> <div> <B>You are those same Fairies!!</b></div> <div> <B>You have come to our world!! </b></div> <div> <B>But here in our world</b></div> <div> <B>You only sad and depressed</b></div> <div> <B>You act like our world is empty</b></div> <div> <B>You act like our world is absured</b></div> <div> <B>You act like our world is nothing but pain </b></div> <div> <B>It is true</b></div> <div> <B>Our world is no Fairy-tale</b></div> <div> <B>with secret messages and happy endings</b></div> <div> <B>Our world is open-ended</b></div> <div> <B>And like it or not</b></div> <div> <B>Our world has thorns</b></div> <div> <B>Its deserts have snakes</b></div> <div> <B>Whoever is a real part of our world</b></div> <div> <B>knows these things deeply in their heart </b></div> <div> <B>Now what was wrong with your world, Fairies?</b></div> <div> <B>Who told you to leave your tall sweet castle?</b></div> <div> <B>Why did you come to our unique but difficult world? </b></div> <div> <B>The Fairies said nothing</b></div> <div> <B>And still they wept</b></div> <div> <B>And their tears were like rains from Spring clouds </b></div> <div> <B>I patted the Fairies on their backs</b></div> <div> <B>I wanted to send them back to their world</b></div> <div> <B>But then they started to scream </b></div> <div> <B>They were magical and they began to fly about.</b></div> <div> <B>They became old, they became tears,</b></div> <div> <B>They became young, they became laughter,</b></div> <div> <B>They became master and slave,</b></div> <div> <B>They became fruit, they became seed,</b></div> <div> <B>They became both hope and despair,</b></div> <div> <B>They became a bad omen </b></div> <div> <B>These magic tricks did not affect me</b></div> <div> <B>I watched their games</b></div> <div> <B>But I was not influenced by them</b></div> <div> <B>Their jinxed star did not sway me</b></div> <div> <B>And when they saw I did not turn into a stone</b></div> <div> <B>by any of their sorcery, they changed</b></div> <div> <B>One of them became a bottle of wine</b></div> <div> <B>One of them became a sea of water</b></div> <div> <B>And one of them became a mountain</b></div> <div> <B>rising up into the sky </b></div> <div> <B>I drank the wine</b></div> <div> <B>I swam the sea</b></div> <div> <B>I climbed the mountain </b></div> <div> <B>There was singing and dancing</b></div> <div> <B>in the City beyond the mountain </b></div> <div> <B>"Ha-Ha-Ha" we are happy!</b></div> <div> <B>No more slavery! We are free!</b></div> <div> <B>We destroyed injustice</b></div> <div> <B>We held freedom as our Mecca.</b></div> <div> <B>Since the City stood firm,</b></div> <div> <B>Since the living became ours,</b></div> <div> <B>We'll be happy forever!</b></div> <div> <B>We'll be free forever!</b></div> <div> <B>We have achieved our goal!</b></div> <div> <B>We have reached our home! </b></div> <div> <B>This is the end of our tale!</b></div> <div> <B>This is the end of our jail!</b></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>