VocalEssence Chorus, Casey Rafn, piano; Inna Staneva, flute; Karrin Meffert-Nelson, clarinet; Bob Adney, marimba; Jeff Bina, percussion

forget about streets with names
follow the fireflies into
the thicket, smell the damp earth
let the darkness inside
let the night steep
let the world drift off to sleep
as you become nothing
but the brush of wings, ancient
mating dreams, the soft
blink of amber light.
—Julia Klatt Singer, published as “how to live in the
modern world”