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Melanie Horsnell and Stuart Mudie - Afternoon (Melanie Horsnell and Stuart Mudie)

from ideas inspiration and demos by Melanie Horsnell

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At an open mic in Paris I saw a fantastic trio play with spoken word, guitar and cello and so became a little bit addicted to one of their songs.. I loved the lyrics and so one spontaneous facebook day we wrote a duet, I wrote some lyrics and sent them to Stuart Mudie and he replied and this little song sprouted from them.

And here is a link to the band Stuart is from, Hitzak www.facebook.com/hitzakband

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AFTERNOON

The afternoon where I sit is coloured yellow.
The afternoon where I sit is coloured green.
The school bus on dirt rumbles up Tantawangalo Mountain road.
I bathe in the light of a computer screen.
The geese don't come in yet, they don't go to bed till seven.
In the meeting, I pretended to take some notes.
I've still got some work to do out in the garden.
Really, I was writing poems on my phone.

I sit at the table instead of putting clothes away.
Now I need to see if I can remember what was said.
I lazily eye the ceiling where a fly tries to escape.
It's never that important in the end.
From here, halfway up the hill, the clouds look like those in Chinese paintings.
I should try to concentrate on this email to my boss.
I'm too shy to tell you of the thoughts that I've been having.
I don't have time for any other thoughts.

This is my quiet time before the sensible evening brings
How I wish I could get lost in poetry and dreams!
cockatoos squawking, cooking, folding and stories.
Poets know exactly where to kiss, it seems,
Till then it's my time, nose to paper
to make the simplest story come alive.
Pen to mind unwinding for you the afternoon.
It's time for going home now, half past five.

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from ideas inspiration and demos, released January 1, 2012
Written by Melanie Horsnell and Stuart Mudie

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“A promise of a softly lit afternoon in the company of Melanie Horsnell… with a voice of the utmost delicateness… ”
— Bernard Zuel, The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age

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