THE HOLY PRESENCE OF JOAN D’ARC
The composer in his lonely room
constantly birthing music
This must be opposed
Discovering what is fundamental
Discarding what is superficial
Buddha for unspecified instrument
Our God for piano and for voice
Our Father for two male voices
The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
Joan was taken to the stake
and she was tied to it
Also recorded was a spoken introduction
The pyre was lit
Find presented here
a work of art,
full of honor
integrity
boundless courage
Joan could feel the pain,
but she could also see beyond it
too
I shall emancipate myself from the materialistic dreams of my parents
I shall emancipate myself from the bind of the past and the present
I shall emancipate myself from myself
And please accept this work of art
Joan sees God
and God is there
and Julius dies alone in Buffalo
at Millard Fillmore Hospital
It is a sincere act of love and devotion
Joan
speaks boldly
He was evicted, homeless, still composing
He is encouraging her to speak
I knew that Julius would die before me. I always knew that.
to her oppressors
Probably not from AIDS
Boldly
at the age of forty nine
Depending on who you talked to,
it was brought on
when they question you
by insomnia and possible tuberculosis,
dehydration, starvation, exhaustion,
or depression
According to his brother, his body was cremated, and there was a family memorial in Annapolis, Maryland.
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