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Sappho's Reply
05:01
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(Poem by Rita Mae Brown)
My voice rings down through thousands of years
To coil around your body and give you strength,
You who have wept in direct sunlight,
Who have hungered in invisible chains,
Tremble to the cadence of my legacy:
An army of lovers shall not fail
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2. |
Patroned by Tlazolteotl
03:53
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(Lyrics by Hilde Morales)
I can deal with anything
It's my armor
Beautiful armor
She-male chain mail
Like the crusaders, darling
Crossdressed like Jesus
Dressed for the cross
Jesus in drag
God I feel like Jesus in drag
Crossdressed
Draged-up
Drugged up
Witch bitch
Fanny, Lord Fanny, oh God, it's me, it's me
I feel amazing
Lord, I'm gorgeous
Fanny, Lord Fanny, oh God, it's me, it's me
Tlazolteotl, the eater of dung,
Goddess of lust and shame, is my patroness
For her I walk the streets at night
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3. |
That Unfamiliar Activity
04:31
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(Text by Gabrielle of Poteidaia)
(..)
"Uhn!" Xena moans into my mouth, "Gah--" and she is mine. As I move my hand she moves her self against it, and her stomach brushes against mine with every stroke. The sounds she makes are beyond imagining. I open my eyes as she kisses me, trying to take her in from this close, and even as a blur of black and blue, she is beautiful. I feel her excitement build as she pulls the top half of her body upright, holding on to my shoulders for support and as her climax nears, so does mine.
"Who am I?" I whisper urgently, "Tell me."
"Gabrielle," she gasps, "Gabrielle," and I watch her as she comes, the look on her face beyond ecstatic. Hearing my name from her lips, so raw and passionate, sends me over the edge as well. Like a tidal wave breaking against a beach, someone wrote once; just like that.
"How did you know I needed to hear that?" I ask her once I can speak. I just lie on my back, my head tilted to the side to look into her eyes, my hand in hers.
"I know you," says Xena, "How do you think I knew tonight was the right night to play that particular game?"
"Too smart for your own good," I smile at her and kiss her.
(..)
Hark! Let no one say that I, Gabrielle of Poteidaia, am not a bard, nor that I am not a warrior, nor that I am not, for all time, the beloved of Xena, warrior princess. Let it be known throughout the lands, that I am this and only this: Gabrielle.
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4. |
Under Your Spell
05:30
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(Lyrics by Tara Maclay)
I've lived my life in shadows
Never the sun on my face
It didn't seem so sad though
I figured that was my place
Now I'm bathed in light, something just isn't right
I'm under your spell
How else could it be, anyone would notice me
It's magic I can tell, how you've set me free
Brought me out so easily
I saw a world enchanted, spirits and charms in the air
I always took for granted I was the only one there
But your power shone
Brighter than any I've known
I'm under your spell
Nothing I can do, you just took my soul with you
You worked your charm so well
Finally I knew, everything I dreamed was true
You made me believe
The moon to the tide
I can feel you inside
I'm under your spell
Surging like the sea, pulled to you so helplessly
I break with every swell, lost in ecstasy
Spread beneath my willow tree, you make me complete
You make me complete
You make me complete
You make me complete
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5. |
Request Denied
04:24
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(Poem by Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren)
Before I met you
the sun was like a yellow grape
But now, it looks like fire in the sky
Why?
Because you light a fire inside me
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6. |
Aphrodita
06:37
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(Poem by Sappho)
poikilo' thron' athanat' Aphrodita
pai dios doloploka, lissomai se
me m'asaisi med' oniaisi damna
potnia thumon.
alla tuid' elth' ai pota katerota
tas emas audos aioisa peloi
eklues, patros de domon lipoisa
chrusion elthes
arm' up-deux-aisa. kaloi de s'agon
okees strouthoi peri gas melainas
pukna dinnentes pter' ap oranotheros
dia messo
aipsa d'exikonto, su de O makaira
meidiaisas' athanato prosopoi
ere' otti deute popontha kotti
deute kalemmi
kotti moi malista thelo genesthai
mainolai thumoi. tina deute peitho
.......agen es san philotata? tis s' O
Psapph' adikeei?
kai gar ai pheugei, taxeos dioxei
ai de dora me deket', alla dosei
ai de me philei, tacheos philesei
kouk etheloisa.
elthe moi kai nun, chalepon de luson
ek merimnan, ossa de moi telessai
thumos imerrei, teleson, su d'auta
summachos esso.
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