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The Man Who Remembers Time Before He Was Born

by Ortega Fuerte

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A boy is selling books about the afterlife;
"He cannot be serious," he tells his wife,
"Long before we're born, we don't exist, it's like we come from death!
Overseas three years while in the Royal Navy, yet I just forget!
Life's a silver stream, trickling in and out of the dark;
There are other things--you'd deny the truth in your heart. And that's the crazy part..."

The man who remembers time before he was born.

"Have you thought of what it's like to be a plant?
It's a simple exercise, yet most of us can't. But every one of us
Carries within herself a history
Of preconscious time, before we knew ourselves as you and me--
So I can't be swayed by the promise of a beyond;
It was just this way, and it will be again when I'm gone.
It's not worth hiding from..."

The man who remembers time before he was born.

"... and then the violent moment...that bloody gasping came...
both light and sound exploded...received a given name...the sparkling brevity of childhood's afternoons...the flash of middle age...and I'll be over soon...

Every florid sunset, every starlit night
Every pang of grief and every sting of pride
Is one bright corridor between two dark and silent mysteries.
You were this way, too, un-numbered ages before history.
Dreams of paradise don't make living mean anything--
It's the being here, not forgetting what's happening:
we'll never see each other again!"

The man who remembers time before he was born.

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released January 28, 2016
Words, music, and performances by Hugo Grayling

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Ortega Fuerte Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Ortega Fuerte are a group of songwriters and multi-instrumentalists founded in 2003 by core member Hugo Grayling and often including the contributions of Air Anchor's Chris Rohlf.

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