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from clytmnestra to her sister helen of troy

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sister, we were once wound in indigo
2 cords wrapped around our necks
could i but remember your face
your pressed apricot flesh
strange as a fish (a fish...)
we were born in two eggs, like castor
and pollux in the other egg
by our mom who wrapped her long legs
around a swan that's how you got your face
to launch the ships (the ships..)
that silly man came home with cassandra
she sees me wrapped up in white cloth
but what do i care? (i care...)
sister you know the child i bore
and you know her lambswool hair
so you know how he slit her throat
how he cut it on the stone
to launch the ships (the ships...)
1000 ships

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from Holly Mae and the Painted Room​-​Self Title, released May 2, 2008
holly ~ lead vokes, guitar
merilee ~ cello, backing vokes
mike ~ accordion, backing vokes



track art ~ 'helen of troy' by evelyn de morgan, 1898

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Holly Mae and the Painted Room Berlin, Germany

The Painted Room is an art-folk entity of varying membership that existed in from 2006 to 2012. Members have included Holly Mae Haddock, Sara Kwon, Kathy Kwon, Molly Morgan, Sarah Morris, Mary Fraser, Mike Billmire, Serge Van der Voo, Merilee Philips, Sami Jo Buffington, Ken Lee, Jaime Fordyce & others ... more

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