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the extravagant entourage of the queen of sheba

from the temptation of st antony by fourlarks

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And all once images occur swiftly, percussively, showing up against the night sky like scarlet painted on ebony. He hears the ringing of bells, the plucking of strings, whispers of night birds. From a strange and shifting statue of limbs, a woman is revealed who begins to radiate with light; and the crowd bows down to the Queen of Sheba...

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I’ve been long a traveling/I’ve crossed every sea (ahhhh)
And all this long way I’ve been calling for thee (ermite) 
All through the night and day my love, my heart is ever hun-----gry

(Antony stays quite still, stiff as a rod, and as pale as death)
 
O the splendid gifts I bring!
Wine from the horn of a unicorn, Powder of gold from Babylon
To make you fair when you’re my king,
islands covered in mother of pearl
I have gifts from every land
a menagerie of animals, lions and steeds,
The world unravels in your hand
The grapes that Tantalus never will reach....
 
(She catches a hold of his beard)
 
Lean closer darling to receive
the treasure map, the master key
You only have to reach for me
To feel the flesh of history
 
“Ah! Fine hermit! I have plenty of other things besides, so there! I have armies, I have peoples! In my lobby I have a guard of dwarfs shouldering ivory trumpets! She performs a pirouette!
Look me in the eyes.”
 
Despite himself, Antony looks.  

I am the song and the seed and the spring
I am the spark that starts everything burning
 
(She surrounds and besieges him ;and he feels a burning contraction in the pit of his stomach. Despite the uproar in his head, he is aware of a huge silence which cuts him off from the world.  He tries to speak: impossible!)
 
Come closer to see how your appetite is growing
Open your eyes to desire descending
Stretch out your hands and come to me for a life that’s unending----

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from the temptation of st antony, released December 4, 2014

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