Speak of the Devil (naviarhaiku666)
Music for this haiku by Kobayashi Issa: Speak of the devil! a snipe takes flight... evening cool In the original Japanese expression, "speak of the devil" simply means "speak of someone and they appear" — but I took the poem in a darker, more mysterious direction, with this being Haiku Challenge #666, taking the darker path felt inevitable. Starting from a studio jam that had been sitting unused: I played electric bass with Bobby Rangell on flute, over a drum machine beat. I liked the unstable, slightly menacing character of the jam and decided to finish it, editing the original improvisation…
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