{"id":176471686,"date":"2017-02-26T21:50:48","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T03:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/?p=176471686"},"modified":"2017-02-26T21:50:48","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T03:50:48","slug":"poetry-audio-when-you-said-you-loved-me-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/2017\/02\/26\/poetry-audio-when-you-said-you-loved-me-8\/","title":{"rendered":"POETRY + AUDIO: WHEN YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_176471687\" style=\"width: 561px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_01651.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-176471687\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-176471687\" src=\"http:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_01651.jpg\" alt=\"photo by Alex Lear\" width=\"551\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_01651.jpg 800w, https:\/\/kalamu.com\/neogriot\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/DSC_01651-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-176471687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>photo by Alex Lear<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phaven-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/audio_part\/asset\/115336\/eM_cfz8GqLGT9FOCCVA7teyfflM\/02_When_You_Said_You_Loved_Me.mp3\">When_You_Said_You_Loved_Me.mp3<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>when you said you loved me<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">what did you do with it<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">after you didn&#8217;t anymore<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">after the rain of love dried<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">after laughs<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">after baths<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">after toast &amp; watermelon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">after cups of water in the night<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">after morning smiles &amp; phone calls<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">i know what i did with mine<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">i have a wall of pain painted<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 nigerian indigo,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 created lyrics for a howlin&#8217; wolf,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 fashioned a mask of brown sadness,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 &amp; in a midnight hour<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 buried love&#8217;s corpse quietly\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 watching dry eyed\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 as the heart-red crypt slipped\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 peacefully deep into\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 the sea of my experiences<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 where the brackish-green, obsidian\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 sealed sepulcher shall sleep\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0 untroubled by resurrection attempts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">when you said you loved me<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">i never thought of it in the past tense<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">what did you do with it<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">after you didn&#8217;t anymore<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>___________________<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Kalamu ya Salaam \u2013 vocals<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Stephan Richter \u2013 clarinet<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Wolfi Schlick \u2013 reeds<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Frank Bruckner \u2013 guitar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mathis Mayer &#8211; cello<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Georg Janker &#8211; bass<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Michael Heilrath &#8211; bass<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Roland HH Biswurm &#8211; drums<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Recorded: June 14, 1998 \u2013 &#8220;ETA Theatre&#8221; Munich, Germany<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\u2014kalamu ya salaam<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; When_You_Said_You_Loved_Me.mp3 when you said you loved me &nbsp; what did you do with it after you didn&#8217;t anymore after the rain of love dried after laughs after baths after toast &amp; 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