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Almost

Seeing my surface I witness the contours;

each imperfection is structured just right.

In my reflection wrinkles criss-cross my face,

then slip through the surface and dart to and fro.

There’s an expression embedded in tangles,

so convoluted, submerged in the deep.

“It’s well protected,” the explainer explained.

Blue daytime and black midnight drift back and forth.

Just barely—quite vaguely—nearly—almost.

Almost, almost, almost, but not quite.

Almost, almost garbled, but not quite.

Dark in the evening, with trees near the water;

everything’s quiet until it’s disturbed.

Splash in a pebble or shake a tree, shine a light;

quiet returns, but it’s not quite the same.

Under my surface my real face is calling,

ooo alla ay alla eee alla ooo.

“Almost forgotten,” the complainer complained.

White winter, green summer, ready or not.

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from Togetherness (Control Songs, Vol. 2), released September 1, 1999

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David Garland New York, New York

Composer/singer/multi-instrumentalist David Garland has been steadily shaping songs in new ways since 1980.

"Like many great songwriters before him, Garland pushes the limits of acceptable harmony and dissonance, yet never at the expense of beauty. If it's not possible for popular music to reach the heights of the great classical masters, it seems no one has told David Garland."
--Sean Lennon
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