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When I Think of Home: IV-Freistadt
Text by Carolyn Wille-Rivera, edited and dramatized by Marcos E de Jesús Wille

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There are other memories,
But, mostly I remember the land,
The gentle inclines,
The low spots, and the higher spots
With a view of the woods,
And the steeple of Trinity Lutheran Church
Freistadt
Beyond.
Our Freistadt,
Beyond.

When I think of “home”,
I think of the land,
Fifty-eight and a half acres, on Wauwatosa Road.

I feel the land beneath my feet.
I become aware of the alfalfa and the oats
As they brush against my legs.

I smell the aroma of freshly cut hay.
I again experience the pungent dampness of the cow’s breath
And I remember the dust in the lane
As the cows trudge towards the barn.

I may be-I am- far from Wisconsin, but my heart is still in Wisconsin.
It’s my Wisconsin and I’m home…
I’m home.

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from When I Think of Home, released June 1, 2023
Leanna Hieber, soprano and the Orfeo Duo: Vita Wallace, violin. Ismael Wallace, piano.

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De la Guagua = of the bus, of us. Insight-driven roots-radical rapper, music/dance-maker, Afri-Boricua folklorista, Christian. I work on wholeness in a world that divides and conquers because we are emotion and intellect. We all need a Bible, a hymnal & a drum to know where we're going and where we come from, a person becomes a person among people, and a nation needs freedom, land & dance-halls. ... more

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