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The Shape of Water Music

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There is a shape

In text

Maybe like the way

Shape notes are sung

While

Both sets look beautiful

Upon the page

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I suppose the sound

Might matter more

Unless only looking’s possible

But all of it

(the music, too)

Are cues

Upon the page

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To signal

Let us in

Move us on

Toward more

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By the way

There is no shape here

That I know

Simply words set down

With some thought

You know

For mental pauses

So maybe in that way

I move

I music you

Along

Maybe a little

Maybe more

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C L Couch

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C major scale, in the 7-shape shape note system of Jesse Aiken.

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