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Rapunzel after her marriage

from Snow White Turns Sixty by Gillian Hollis & Dale Trumbore

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From the song cycle Snow White Turns Sixty.

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RAPUNZEL AFTER HER MARRIAGE

Every morning in front of the mirror
I take the silver scissors
and cut my hair and my daughter's
shorter
the hand-maidens, the ladies
all snigger behind their veils
the queen gifts us with emerald-encrusted
combs
pleads with me to stop this daily snip
my husband, my prince, talks soft in my ears
tells me we are safe
but all those years
I yanked brush through tangles
snarled in pain
all the years my neck bent
with the weight of wet washed hair
all the hours sitting still
waiting within the spreadcircle of hair
a heavy cloak I could not set aside
It was not Dame Gothel's heavy climb
or you dear husband
that burdened my head
but the braided ropes tying
my time in care
now my daughter runs hind-swift
and I, tower free lock free
gladly light headed

—Eve Rifkah

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from Snow White Turns Sixty, released September 20, 2011
Composed by Dale Trumbore; text written by Eve Rifkah. 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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