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Han Mi:
The queen of crime is brooding in her lair
puffing kiseru and plotting her dark ways
They think she wants to scowl
and watch the world burn down
but she just wants to watch him save the day

I like the role of queen of vice and crime lord
the villain's always the most fun to play
I wish i was like them
and with my role content
and never pursued past this parlous way
Did the dragon lady take your breath away today?

Han mi see, she runs a den of gambling
sells opium and knows kung fu, wears jade
she speaks in proverbs then
commands lurking chinamen
in broken english so the scripts all say

I thought that if i just talk with the writer
the racist implications I’d explain
just to help you know
make a better show
a more engaging, mindful cabaret
Did the dragon lady make you gasp today?

So I thought after curtain call I’d speak to someone
but when my time as Han Mi ends and fades
i blank out just dissolve
i'm not aware at all
until the next time i am on the stage

i can’t recall what happens after curtain
between shows i cannot account for days
who am i post play
after you stop the cabaret
when did my mind splinter in this way
Did the dragon make you cry today?

How do i make it stop, just make it halt
I think my minds not well is this all my fault
If i stop it all will i just fade away
Will i just wake up to another cabaret
How do i make it end? Can anybody help?
Can’t you hear my cries, can’t you see that im not well

None of you respond do you even know
you think that this is just all part of this damn show
just sit there and stare watch me scream and squack
as this never ends as this never stops
You just sit and stare at me alone and scared
why does it not stop why am i still here?


There's only Han Mi when the curtain rises
the actress who is lost within the play
the performance comes and goes
no one ever stops the show
Is the other me aware im here on stage?

If you see me walking on a wednesday
please don't let me get back on this stage
Find out who i am
do i understand
the other me is lost within the play

If you can stop the show today's the day
does anybody hear a thing i say
the girl who’s caught within the cabaret
The dragon lady’s live on stage today

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from Miss Helen's Weird West Cabaret, The Ballad of Lost Hollow Act 1, released December 6, 2016
Featuring Psyche Chimere

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Paul Shapera Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Cama’s attempt to commune with higher beings failed; she only found Decadent Dottie. Together they roamed, indulging in dangerous forms of psycho-neural self-exploration which Cama hoped would present the key to her people’s further evolution. It only led to her destroying her people so that one of their pets could evolve. She sat in her former civilization's rubble and listened to Paul Shapera. ... more

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