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This! This is sort of post-colonialist slashfic love song for Ariel/Caliban. It, too, was written for Carlos Hernandez, who is very fond of Caliban in The Tempest, and often quotes his "sounds and sweet airs" for me. I wanted to imagine what would happen to these magical islanders once the human invaders went back to their own lands. I have high hopes of Sycorax and Setebos returning to their children, and that Ariel and Caliban, you know, get it on. Consensually.

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Gentle Caliban, awaken
For the wizard he is gone
His daughter has forsaken thee,
Sailed into the dawn
The clouds are shredding open
Gone the wizard's gloaming shroud
Thou needst not cry to dream again
Now thy laughter is allowed

Perhaps the tree that held me
Meant to shield me from harm
Perhaps the man who saved me
Then enslaved me to his charm
But now my chains are melted
Into spiderweb and air
To answer thy best pleasure
I have come to wake thee here

Fear thee not, the noises
Are but songs to bring thee bliss
Fear thee not the thunder
Nor the lightning of my kiss
For Sycorax lies dreaming
Clad in pearl and in foam
Of Setebos returning
To the island of our home

Gentle Caliban, awaken
O awaken, my own
 

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from Corbeau Blanc, Corbeau Noir, released July 13, 2018
C. S. E. Cooney (vocals)
Stefan Dollak (lute, flutefair)

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