“Murky Waters” by Herr Wozzeck (read by Ta'kom Ironhoof)

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You’re listening to The Voice of Dog.

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This is Rob MacWolf your fellow traveler,

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and Today we present a poem by Herr Wozzeck,

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who is a composer, violist, Thereminist, and writer

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based in Boston. This poem is from their recently-released poetry collection

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The Enigma Letters,

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currently out in paperback and ebook formats on Amazon.

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They are also the author of the novels Whip and Boot

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and Lost Inside the Blue Line.

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You can also see them perform with Trio Menagerie,

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and you can find more of their stories on their FurAffinity account.

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Read by Ta’kom Ironhoof, the Equine Charmer Please enjoy “Murky Waters”, a poem by Herr Wozzeck Sitting at the ruins of

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the fountain of creativity,

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one has to Pause

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and gather their bricks,

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sifting through the

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Endless pile of whos and whys and whats,

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Losing sight of how the bricks kept

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Us in the hole from which we,

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drenched in the weight of competition,

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Never could have hoped to escape

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without first Killing ourselves in the avalanche of backroom politics in

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Every aspect of how we thought of stories and characters and

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Rolls that created our competitive life-water.

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Sometimes, it is only through extreme prejudice

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that the waters of this

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Afterlife finally flood in,

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and as they push you towards the surface,

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the Light unveils that your waters left from the fountain have run Muddy.

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But then, there comes

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One who comes with New bricks,

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to build a new well,

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one Daring us with possibilities:

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thus does the fountain Overflow

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with the promise of tales,

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with the promise of

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Creation, that promise

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which will forever Remain fruitful

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and plentiful and fresh:

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Undulating waves rush from this new fountain,

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a Zenith of dreams once scattered

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from anguish. The outstretched hand

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That pulls one out of

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Murky waters This was “Murky Waters” by Herr Wozzeck,

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read for you by READER, with CALLSIGN.

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