{"id":5613,"date":"2005-02-09T14:19:12","date_gmt":"2005-02-09T22:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ikillspies.com\/blog\/2005\/02\/09\/5613\/"},"modified":"2005-02-09T14:19:12","modified_gmt":"2005-02-09T22:19:12","slug":"ursula-rucker-circe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ikillspies.com\/?p=5613","title":{"rendered":"Ursula Rucker: Circe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.somafm.com\/\">Groove Salad<\/a>, a on-line ambient station I listen to on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/itunes\/\">iTunes<\/a>, has a relatively short playlist&#8230; much like commercial radio.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>One of the pieces I recognize is <b>Ursula Rucker &#8211; Circe (Jazzanova remix)<\/b><br \/>\n(heard in &#8220;King Britt feat. Ursula Rucker &#8211; Circe (Jazzanova remix)&#8221;) which is a spoken-word \/ poetry piece set to ambient music.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>For a retro feel I should get a beret and angrily scribble things in a notebook while sipping bitter expensive Italian coffee.  <\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Actually I&#8217;m pretty close to that anyway.  How about a blog instead of the notebook?  No beret though.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<blockquote><p>\nI&#180;ve watched you for so long,<br \/>\n I must have you.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Sirens have nothing on my song,<br \/>\n my song is ageless<br \/>\n and perfect.<br \/>\n Angels envy my song,<br \/>\n you must be strong,<br \/>\n to resist this<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>I&#180;ve seduced men, You thought were myth.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Gods have murdered mortals over me,<br \/>\n they died with my name on their lips<br \/>\n my tastes, on their tounges.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>My love is the only one&#8230;<br \/>\n You need<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Come rest your earthly burdens on my breasts,<br \/>\n You&#180;ll find them firm like virgin,<br \/>\n Irresistible, like goddess.<br \/>\n My breasts are filled with neptune&#180;s nectar,<br \/>\n one sip and you&#180;ll be mine.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>I&#180;ll sink into your sea soft skin<br \/>\n were your fantasy begins<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Don&#8217;t fight, You&#180;ll never win.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>I know,<br \/>\n My hair is mesmerizing.<br \/>\n It reflects the colors of suns rising<br \/>\n and set,<br \/>\n You&#180;ll never forget my wet,<br \/>\n wonder&#8230;<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>come under.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>My kiss will keep you safe,<br \/>\n what seem to you like minutes<br \/>\n In my world are endless days,<br \/>\n ride my waves,<br \/>\n of pleasure&#8230;<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>forever.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Your human hands like magic<br \/>\n pull on coral strands<br \/>\n as our bodies melt into the sands of the ocean floor,<br \/>\n I&#180;m deep into your love<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>But wait,<br \/>\n my seduction<br \/>\n has now become a dangerous attraction.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>I can&#180;t breathe,<br \/>\n I&#180;m drowning in your love,<br \/>\n drowning&#8230;<br \/>\n save me, <br \/>\n I can&#180;t breathe.<br \/>\n I..<br \/>\n I can&#180;t breathe.<br \/>\n I&#8217;ve got to save myself.<br \/>\n I&#180;m losing myself in your love&#8230;<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve pleasured all of you so many times.<br \/>\n One of you.. please save me.<br \/>\n I&#180;m drowning&#8230;<br \/>\n Who&#8230;<br \/>\n Who are you?<br \/>\n And&#8230;<br \/>\n And why are you saving me?<br \/>\n He said:<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>I&#180;ve loved you from afar with a child&#180;s heart<br \/>\n and a man&#180;s longing,<br \/>\n I know you better than you know yourself.<br \/>\n Better than any man, myth or immortal.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>I&#180;ve watched you seduce for centuries<br \/>\n In the search for a creature who could please,<br \/>\n you<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>fire your desires,<br \/>\n who could have never made you happy<br \/>\n you would have died in this world.<br \/>\n too cruel<br \/>\n too cold<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>I&#180;ve waited for this moment<br \/>\n to swim off into the current with,<br \/>\n you<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Don&#180;t be afraid, <br \/>\n your search is over.<br \/>\n That&#180;s all you need to know<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>swim with me<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>off into the current.<br \/>\n swim with me,<br \/>\n love with me.<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>don&#180;t be afraid,<br \/>\n swim with me.<br \/>\n love with me.<\/p>\n<p \/><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Groove Salad, a on-line ambient station I listen to on iTunes, has a relatively short playlist&#8230; much like commercial radio. 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