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departure

i leave behind this shattered body
and i could not understand yet how i would still be preserved
how central i was to my mother and how i will always be the center of her life

i was a young ghost with the mind of a child still shocked by the brutality of my own death sad because i felt alone
because i needed my mother

i had never quite gotten accustomed with the war zone
i always thought it was temporary even after many years

i was still waiting with hope for the small happy universe i grew up in to come back with my mother everything was possible
happiness and sadness

now, i did not know what to feel, what to think and where to go i was a scared little ghost with the thoughts of a 9-year-old child little did i know that i was never to be alone ever again

even with all the tears that she sheds for me
even after all the sorrow my memories brought back to her even with all the grievance that plagued her life

she took care of me as her most precious treasure never forgot i was deep inside her
much deeper than a fetus is in her mother’s womb she carried me her whole life a second time
even as she knew that i was not going to be born again

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from the laos song cycle - part I, released March 19, 2023
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François Minaux: vocals, flutes (C flute, piccolo, G flute, bass flute, contrabasse flute), theremin and zither (detuned).

Pascal Minaux: modular synthesizers, field recordings.
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art by Chantala Kommanivanh, Nat Quinn and Pascal Minaux;
editing and mixing by François Minaux.

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François Minaux Austin, Texas

François Minaux is a French singer, multi-instrumentalist, multi-disciplinary artist, lyricist and composer based in Austin, Texas in the USA.

His music combines experimental, free improvisation and contemporary classical genres. ... more

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