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How much?
“How much is a performance worth?”
I asked this to a group of fire-lit caravan travelers staying on the side of the road underneath their canopy for the rain. As it was pouring down much harder than I had expected and I was looking to keep warm for the night, they seemed like my best option at the time. And as untrusting as they were of a lone traveler approaching them out of the darkness, their answer to my request to join them for the rest of the way was just a small amount of coin. Now, while I was more than happy to pay, given one silver and a few coppers was worth it for the safety of company, these people looked like they could use a song and a tale to lift their spirits and assuage their worries.
How easy it was to lift their somber spirits. The heavy rain, to most a dreary partner, afforded me a quiet rhythmic base to build and weave an accompaniment into and out of. The song, an improvised and jumbled-together mess of chords whose presence I built alongside the story I told, played well to the ears of these few humble people, and afforded me a place in their caravan for the rest of the journey.
Those nights changed, I imagine, from what could only have been cold and dissatisfying to nights of song, dance, and story. With a few chords and a retelling of a story I heard in a very similar circumstance from the last group I’d shared a journey with, this lonely caravan became lively and our journey colourful. All because of a song played and a story told. I often wonder what they’d say if I asked them again:
How much is a performance worth?
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Interesting Day.
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How much?
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These People.
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Rough Start.
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A Slogan™.
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Hollow Mirror.
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Impossible Thoughts.
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The Dream.
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Your Pride.
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How Unfortunate.
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A Dream?
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Lone Relative.
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Above All.
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Pondering Moment.
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Unforgettable Meal.
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Endless Cycle.
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Window Side.
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New Intentions.
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Faded Girl.
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Fall Off.
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Forever Regret.
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Like me.
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Time Given.
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Trust One.
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Gods-Sent.
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Question Time.
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Dangerous Game.
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But Not.
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Cold Stop.
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What Home?
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One Word.
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Dear Eversong.
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