Genevieve

Genevieve is a three-minute song for mezzo-soprano and piano, written during the undergraduate period at Bard College. The work was first performed by Madison Ownings and the Da Capo Chamber Players at Bito Hall, with a later performance by Ownings and Danny Castellanos at the Chapel of Holy Innocents.

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Genevieve.
There are always places to go
I’ll buy us a cab with the cash we saved from the food we didn’t eat
Dizziness is a form of faith
I saw your face spinning in the car’s
eyeball three and a half train stops outside of anywhere
In Katonah
I choked on steak and nearly died
and didn’t ask after you
the stupid old dog
has a collar now cone shaped
so he doesn’t lick himself

— Olive Kuhn