That (sneak peek) ‘new-new’ from my now brewing self-recorded EP: Water.Breath.Fire.Flesh.
you no longer
have access to that part of me
that waltzes with wanton raindrops
and harmonizes with ravenous bees.
the me who fights fires with the frost from my mona lisa smiles
and causes tiny deaths with just the lightest brushes of my quilled tongue.
the drain of you
is an abscess on my palate,
whose leakage i can no longer accommodate.
now…. kindly
return
all of the refinements
i dulled then bent for your pleasure.
~FUNKYLB
ROSEMARY FIKI BAND Live at Lickety Split (4th and South-Philly * FRIDAY JAN 18, 2013* 930PM* FREE)
ROSEMARY FIKI: lead vocals and songwriter
FUNKYLB: bass & bg vocals
NAEEMAH: guitar and bg vocals
JASON POPE: drums
the music in this rain
the tip of your tongue on my bottom lip
the trill of my lashes against your cheek
the weight of your perfume in the air
the ghost of my thumb print on your thigh
the light in your eyes as they take me in
the trace of my smile as i let you
that dance we do when no one’s looking
all of it together is joy.
{by LFB, work in progress 2.0 from ‘Short Verse To Mark the Seasons’}
E. King makes everything better. Get her The Seven EP; you won’t be sorry. What a songcrafts(wo)man she is!!!
Emily King’s Down Remix - Live clip - Rockwood Music Hall, February 28th 2012
Aural Loveliness…
APSOUL: The Demo Sessions. Here is a snippet of a song on the upcoming album.
“To my father”
My current series fixation: THE PECULIAR KIND, a pretty fascinating unscripted webseries where queer women of color talk about themselves and their lives.
The uber-talented, MS. SASHA ALLEN, musical theater veteran and go-to touring background singer for Xtina and Babyface, to name a few. Whoaaa! Thank God for all of ‘Whitney’s children’ (those saaangin’ divas-in-training whom she inspired to really hone and develop their chops). Their existence make losing WHITNEY on FEB 11, 2012 hurt just a little bit less. Sigh…
