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Looking down on where we live from Lo Fu Tau,
I regret that they had to build here.
I feel that my arrival in this world
must have driven out so many beings,
like the ones who made their homes here
among the camphor trees.

Catching sight of Tin Tan Daai Fat from Kau Nga Ling,
I imagine he has always been here,
though some thirty years ago he could not be seen,
his disciples climbing quietly on foot.
Now their buses crowd Keung Shan Road,
their voices buzzing over Nei Lak Shan.

Pok To Yan and Por Kai Shan in those days
did not know this procession of airplanes
or the haze-dusted scar on which they land.
Lantau, Tai Yu Shan!
I would forbid these intrusions
and return to you your solitude.

But now we are so many…
and we need sturdy walls
to protect us from your typhoons;
and we need daily meals you cannot provide;
and we need connections to other peoples and places.
You will submit to our necessities and bear it in silence.

Your beauty,
imprinted on the minds of those who love you,
will be with us for our short lives.

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from From Liberty and Fragrant Harbors, released April 22, 2016
GHOSTLIGHT Chorus
Erin Wight, viola
Conducted by Evelyn Troester DeGraf

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Rebekah Driscoll Brooklyn, New York

Rebekah Driscoll is a composer specializing in music for unusual combinations of instruments and voices. She often writes poetry for her vocal works or constructs a text from diverse and sometimes multilingual sources. Her current projects address social issues, such as inequality and environmental stewardship, from a perspective that is both thoroughly researched and intensely personal. ... more

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