Hair and Bones

from Storm Surge by Habitual Rituals

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Written as part of a spoken word/video/book/textiles/instillation piece at Point pleasent park for a class at NSCAD University in November/December 2016
You can watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5uPbyLHyP4

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If i am to forever roam I will build my home of sticks and spit of hair and bones
Weave the threads of my life into a shelter that will withstand the weather and get me through the winter, wear my life on my back so I won't ever look back, never look back
Hang a star above my bed so in my sleep I can fly through the nights air, fly through the air
Tie threads around my hands so I can learn to climb higher, I am always climbing higher

I place bones in my bed so I can become stronger, yes become stronger
Oh these teeth around my neck they will help me to be wiser, yes they help me to be wiser

Tie feathers round my feet so I can learn to be lighter, learn to let go of the sadness that threatens to pull me under

Weave the threads of my life into a shelter, will withstand the weather and get me through the winter

If I am to forever roam I will build my home of sticks and spit love of hair and bones, of hair and my bones

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from Storm Surge, released February 15, 2017
Vox and Banjo: Hennah Verhoeven

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Habitual Rituals Halifax, Nova Scotia

A scrappy prairie kid drawn to coastlines. Stumbling through love and loneliness

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