Ian Liburd - Swimming Out to the Rock

from I Feel Better When I Am by rethinkyourmind

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Poem by Ian Liburd selected from the national rethinkyourmind project 2015 to be the B side to the Mark Morriss single.

Selected front cover art by Nik Bragg

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I AWOKE FEELING READY TO GO – GIVE IT THE LARGE, SWIM OUT TO DE ROCK. IT WAS SUNNY MORNING WITH A NICE BREEZE, GAVE ME THE FEELING OF OOH U KNOW, IT CAN BE MY DAY. ANYHOW, MUM WAS WASHING CLOTHES AS USUAL. KWIK BREKKY THEN GT A TRANS TO THE BEACH. YEAH MAN, ARRIVAL WAS GOOD AND THE BEACH WAS QUIET. EARLY MORNING STYLEE. ANYWAY I WAS UP FOR IT, IN OTHER WORDS. GOT CHANGED AND PUT ONE FT IN AFTA THE OTHER IN THE TEPID BLUE COLOURED WATER, NATURALLY. SWIMMING OUT TO DA ROCK STROKE BY STROKE GIVING MY BODY A NECESSARY WORK OUT. FLOATING OUT YONDA DISTANCE, HEARING THE HOOTERS OF BOATS BIG AND SMALL AND DE EARLY FISHERMEN AWAITING A CATCH. BOATS COMING INTO THE HARBOUR WITH HOLIDAY MAKERS LOOKING ONWARDS. MY EXPERIENCE TO DE ROCK WAS LIKE HAVIN A LYME N NJOYN MA SKIN, PEACE.

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from I Feel Better When I Am, released October 10, 2015
Poem by Ian Liburd

recorded and mixed by Adam Ellis at Deadline Studios
www.deadlinestudios.co.uk

mastered by Andy Wilson at Andy Wilson Mastering
www.andywilsonmastering.com

Graphic design by Primal Mistry
www.primal-mistry.com

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