Text: [poet redacted], “Sandpaper,” two versions: cacophony and isolation.
Each of these versions of the poem contains a fourth stanza section in addition to the three that the poem properly contains: a stanza of all the stanzas stacked on top of one another, and recited simultaneously.
(A) A cacophonous chorus:
(B) A chorus of isolated individuals, falling into cacophony at the very end:
Recorded on Saturday, January 29, at the Baltimore Free School (Blue Room, 1323 N. Calvert) from 2-3:30 pm.
Chorus (10): Jake Appet (synth, vox), Clay Cogswell (vox), Mike G (cornet) Emily Leithauser (vox), Hilary Leithauser (vox), Joe Martin (guitar, mus.dir.), Brian Nicholson (vox), Katie Marie Osborn (vox), Katherine Ralston (vox), Dara Weinberg (vox, dir)