“NO. 5 // CURSE” is the fifth part to Lingua Ignota’s audiovisual project, EPISTOLARY GRIEVING FOR JIMMY SWAGGART, in which she recites letters she had written to Jimmy Swaggart, a disavowed televangelist, as a way of coping with her abuse. This one has a backing instrumental on piano.
Unlike the f...
Dear Jimmy,
I feel your absence. I feel your hand on my hip. My curse returns to me and fills my mouth. Three dogs approach from the water, and I name them, and I name the water, and I name the leaves that fall. I name the encroaching darkness and the sun cradled blow and the black pit and the white cut. All Jimmy.
NO. 5 // CURSE was written by Lingua Ignota.
NO. 5 // CURSE was produced by Lingua Ignota.
Lingua Ignota released NO. 5 // CURSE on Sat Nov 20 2021.