I received Crispin Best’s poem from Matthew Ogle’s Pome in the early days of lockdown. I made a piece from it in May 2020.
Who Else
i tell the same stories
again and again
because who else is going to
and what are the builders makingapart from a racket
the black mould in my room makes it feel
like the wall is learning somethingi tell my computer i’m not a robot
when it asks
because who else is going toi can’t believe you thanked me
for sleeping in your bedif a tree falls in the forest
that’s fine• Crispin Best (2019)
You can hear my recording of Who Else by visiting 23 March in A Book of Days.
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DETAILS
- Instrumentation: piano voice (speaker)
- Ensemble Size: solo
- Duration: <5 minutes
- Electronics: No Electronics
- Video: Yes
- Project(s): A Book of Days
- Year: 2020