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The Debut & Debauchery of Anna Magdelena

from Saddle the Bridge by Bonfire Madigan

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my
mother’s hands
carry me
off this ground
my
mother’s feet
calluses, an inch deep
she’ll
she’ll walk
walk us home at last

with
no compass
no atlas
no asking for directions
and no looking back
no, no looking back
no, no, no looking back

my mama moved among the days
like a dreamwalker in a field
seemed like what she touched was hers
seemed like what touched her couldn’t hold
she got us almost through the high grass
then it seemed like she just turned
seemed like she just turned around
and ran and ran and ran
ran us home, at last
ran us home, at last

no compass
no atlas
no asking for directions
no looking back

no, no looking back
no, no looking back


(c) Madigan Shive, MoonPuss Music 2000 (ASCAP)

[Middle spoken section of The Debut & Debauchery of Anna Magdelena from the poem My Mama Moved Among the Days by Lucille Clifton (c) 1969]

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from Saddle the Bridge, released December 11, 2017

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Bonfire Madigan San Diego, California

Bonfire Madigan, AKA Madigan Shive, is one of my favorite musicians of all time. She clutches her cello like a life-raft, singing in gorgeous yelps and hums. It doesn’t really matter if you like the kind of music Bonfire Madigan sings, because she does it so soulfully and gracefully, you can’t help but stand there open mouthed, gawking at her vocals and cello.— JS The Mercury Pdx, OR ... more

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