Hot Tar

Text: Poem by Maureen Tolman Flannery

There are things

that must be said

and he is keeper of them all.

There are things that should never again be mentioned

and she must stand guard lest they escape.

They have closed themselves in this room

Where he can tenaciously withhold

any words that might sooth or heal,

and she can spread forbidden questions like hot tar

over the only bed where they might have lain to rest.

PERFORMANCE  SUGGESTIONS: This intense piece works best surrounded by other songs. Set called “Love Journey”

Love Song.  3:29

Hot Tar

Timing    1:41

The Pines    4:19