Libby Larsen: Love After 1950 - Boys Lips (A Blues)

Americana: Then and Now
April 28 | Willis Music Kenwood Steinway Gallery
Kayleigh Decker, mezzo-soprano
Madeline Slettedahl, piano
Adolescence I (Rita Dove)
In water-heavy nights behind grandmother's porch
We knelt in the tickling grasses and whispered:
Linda's face hung before us, pale as a pecan,
And it grew wise as she said:
'A boy's lips are soft,
As soft as baby's skin.'
The air closed over her words.
A firefly whirred near my ear, and in the distance
I could hear streetlamps ping
Into miniature suns
Against a feathery sky.
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Nice job, both singer and pianist!