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The Kiss

by Monik Nordine

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I remember when you said, Hello.
I said, Hello. I'm from here and you're from there.
My dromedary has wheels,
A ceiling partitioning the sky.
Your arms are crossed,
Mine are full yet open wide.

Our differences cause the earth to shake,
How can we share?
When the ocean starts to rise.
Like the wind our differences blow
A desert of disparity.
Around our heads
Flying horsemen come to dwell.

Then we woke up deaf and blind,
Limbs in heaps around the lawn.
Though I was wrong and I was right,
Our entrails wound around ourselves that night
We danced under the pale moonlight.

Drifting in a cradle down the Nile
I can recall without ears and without eyes.
Our fondest moments were there,
You laughed at my falafel scheme.
I turned my cheek
But you kissed me all the same.
I turned my cheek
But you kissed me all the same.

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released January 7, 2024
Monik Nordine composer, lyrics, voice and keyboard

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Monik Nordine Victoria, British Columbia

Monik Nordine is the saxophonist with Mungal Patasar in Trinidad. She appears on the Juno Award nominated album Cruel Yet Fair with John Korsrud’s Hard Rubber Orchestra and has toured with Hugh Fraser’s band VEJI. In 2021 Monik studied with Ann-Sofi Söderqvist in Sweden and in 2016 was commissioned to compose for the Vancouver Island University Jazz Ensemble ... more

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