Teacup

from Opera of the War by Hourloupe

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lyrics

(But the work is hard to realize. During the long spans of boredom war occasions, people seek other things: a sexual encounter in the stall of a fun fair that has shuttered. Nonetheless, a chorus appears; a collective is forming, though it cannot recognize itself as one.)


The firefighters’ fair came to town
Put up but never torn down
Never opened, rides stilled
And prize stalls dominions now
Of owls nests and spiders’ cribs
As on the square’s perimeters
Cherries fell
And trees reddened past August

Two soldiers met in the teacup–
The Ferris wheel’s bottom car–
And sat across from each other
Swiping their phones
Assault rifles across their hips
Occasionally looking up
And laughing. A faint buzzing
Stopped them every once in a while
And they cocked an ear
And scanned the sky

But no one was coming

And when no one was coming
And night had arrived
They rose and went off
To one of the darkened stalls
Where they pulled off their shirts
And their belt buckles clinked
And without stepping from their boots
One stood with his back to the wall
While the other knelt
And the floodlights of the plaza
Blinked on and the players
Entered the illuminated loop
In turquoise sheets
And simply began singing
In no coordinated way
And the song unfolded now
To the rhythm of the lovers
Who were not listening
Not to the drone
Nor the tympanis
Nor the horns
Nor the bass, bowing
Alone and off in the corner

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from Opera of the War, released January 12, 2024

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Hourloupe: “I associate it, by assonance, to ‘hurler’ (to roar), to ‘huleler’ (to hoot), to ‘loup’ (wolf).”
—Jean Dubuffet

Hourloupe is a collaboration between writer, musician, and artist Frank Menchaca and Anar Badalov. ... more

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