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Caspian Sea
These days we are imaginary beings / The only ghosts who exist are ourselves / Pinching our skin to feel the flesh that reminds us / We are solid and alive and well / I wonder if each generation invents a new emotion / As previous emotions melt away / Our minds adapting to the contours of a changing coastline / New words for new ideas that we say // I’ve seen a photograph taken in Russia in 1904 / The grass was crisp and green as if I saw it from my window / A girl wore a blue dress to the floor / Surely she had never known how it feels to want / So much that we don’t need / And I have never known how it feels to live / A whole life beside the Caspian Sea // The steeple on the hill, the crackle in the pan / They reassure though we don’t quite know why / I look into the window, back at your reflection / Hoping to meet your eyes / All who are beautiful are only so because / They remind us of someone or something that we know / Your hand in your pocket, irises and oceans / A tree illuminated from below // And I am just a shadow / Of a shadow of something you could love / A country you once knew / These days we are imaginary beings / And we all have something to prove / These days we are imaginary beings / Stumbling through the tangible, without a clue

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Heather Styka Chicago, Illinois

Though rooted in folk and Americana, Chicago singer-songwriter Heather Styka's songs are as fresh as they are memorable, chronicling the human cycles of despair and redemption, and analyzing the importance of places and relationships. Touring nationwide and having received airplay globally, Styka is a familiar face in the Chicago music scene, at venues including Schubas and the Old Town School. ... more

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