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	(excerpt) © Mary Lou Newmark (ASCAP), Green Angel Music

Ready to Run is one of a set of three pieces, each containing its own poem, called "The Tiger is Awake." These poems reflect my concerns about our society's addiction to speed, consumerism and the destruction of our environment as a result. We have lost touch with not only the natural world, but also our own animal bodies and rhythms. The tiger in this work can be seen as the earth getting impatient with our mistreatment and preparing to fight back, or the collective human instinct, rooted in the body that desires to be free.