Jul. 29th, 2020

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Early on, when there was so much death in Massachusetts, I thought of Byrd's Civitas Santi tui.
I picked this one because negothick likes seeing the sheet music while listening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pySTHOJKIlA
Otherwise I'd have gone with this one, which has a mixed choir and Ely cathedral to look at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pySTHOJKIlA

Lyrics, using the wikipedia translation:
Civitas sancti tui facta est deserta.
Sion deserta facta est,
Jerusalem desolata est.

Your holy city has become a wilderness.
Zion has become a wilderness,
Jerusalem has been made desolate.

Besides, lots has been going in a dire way with the Israeli government treatment on Palestinians. Is Jerusalem a desolation? Maybe not.

Lately, during the heat wave, while I've been mostly hanging around in a couple of rooms (with ceiling fans and windows), I've been thinking of something more recent and sort of cheerful
"Pinch Me," by the Barenaked Ladies (a very unreliable name for the band).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3NE6UuaLiY
It's the perfect time of year
Somewhere far away from here
I feel fine enough, I guess
Considering everything's a mess.
[snip]
Take a drink right from the hose
And change into some drier clothes
Climb the stairs up to my room
Sleep away the afternoon.
It's like a dream - you try to remember but it's gone,
Then ya try to scream but it only comes out as a yawn,
When ya try to see the world beyond your front door.
[snip]

It's probably been decades since I took a drink right from a garden hose. I still remember what it tasted like. Fortunately, I have easy access to water that is probably cleaner than that.
Also fortunately, the view out the window is pretty nice, but it will also be nice to see the world outside the front door again.

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