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I Our hands in the dream
II An ape in a cage
III The work is slow and full of doubt
IV Forming, dissolving / Becoming, giving up

When I left the king I began to rehearse what I would say to the world: long rehearsals full of revisions, imaginary applause, humiliations, edicts of revenge. I grew swollen as I conspired with my ambition, I struggled, I expanded, and when the term was up, I gave birth to an ape. After some small inevitable misunderstanding, the ape turned on me. Limping, stumbling, I fled back to the swept courtyards of the king. "Where is your ape?" the king demanded. "Bring me your ape." The work is slow. The ape is old. He clowns behind his bars, imitating our hands in the dream. He winks at my official sense of urgency. What king, he wants to know. What courtyard? What highway?

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from We Are Doomed to Carry On Anyhow, released September 30, 2019
Bass guitar, synthesizer – Jānis Emīls Katinskis;
Drums and percussion – Aleksandrs Barons;
Electric guitar and keyboards – Arnis Kalniņš;
Vocals, percussion and wind instruments – Marģers Zālītis

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