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From the song cycle Snow White Turns Sixty.

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MASQUERADE

Ladies' slippers bloom:
pouchy satin on waxy roots,
but no one now wears dancing shoes.

The ball is over, Cinderella,
the stars are blown out.
The prince wears velvet sneakers,
a media man, his glossy
image tacked on every tree.

Glass cuts deep in your veins
when your life is spent dancing
to the ragged beat of the band.
The matched pearls grow cold
on your windpipe; the cummerbund
reticulates and swallows
to the rhythm of the dance.

It's past midnight now, tired lady.
The pink slippers glow in the dark,
spent weapons of the betrayers.
The black velvet night is all you need
on your bare damask skin.


—Barbara Crooker

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from Snow White Turns Sixty, released September 20, 2011
Composed by Dale Trumbore; text written by Barbara Crooker. Recorded June 30, 2011 by Gillian Hollis, soprano & Dale Trumbore, piano, with John Baffa of TV Tray Studio. Artwork by Jackie Littman. Produced by Dale Trumbore for Dissonant Gorgeous Productions, LLC.

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Dale Trumbore Los Angeles, California

Dale Trumbore is a composer and writer whose music has been called "devastatingly beautiful" (The Washington Post) and praised for its "soaring melodies and beguiling harmonies" (The New York Times). Trumbore's compositions have been performed by the Chicago Symphony's MusicNOW ensemble, Conspirare & the Miró Quartet, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Modesto Symphony, & Pasadena Symphony. ... more

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