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Hope is what remained in Pandora's box

[Use chromatic synemmenon phrygian mode with yürüyen-genişleyen seyir for all harmonic elements. Bassline follows strictly by doubling lead instruments in perfect fourths.] [Male voice A: Estefano - male: sicilian actor: Delivery: smooth legato, measured, clear diction. Huge guy with a huge voice.] [Full ensemble *including drums* joins immediately on beat 1] [Vorspiel starts with full intensity - 2 bars, full crescendo] [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 1] I, Kirk Spokermann, columnist of our newspaper "Weekly dose of art" issues this public statement in mine own name. Our newspaper has no need for any statement only I as the main and sole perpetrator. However, mine actions have tarnished the reputation of our serious and honourable newspaper and therefore it is apt the statement is published in the same newspaper whose reputation was tarnished. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 2] When the foolish Pandora opened the box, she released all evil into the world, according to the greek myth, yet only one thing remained - hope. They say hope cannot be destroyed, nor can it die. I hope it is so. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 3] I, Kirk Spokermann, publicly announce to mr Estefano Riva, whose dissatisfaction with unprofessional methods used namely by me are completely justified. There is no apology that can potentially mend what is potentially unmendable, only serious recognition of error. Mine actions have not only offended a serious and dedicated artist, such as mr Riva, but also undermined my profession of journalism. Serious journalism is about reporting truth, while I did the opposite by writing shameful projections of mine own making based on fantasies onto the roles of mr Riva and, worse, conflated mr Riva with his roles and thereby reduced mr Riva to a vehicle for things only a fool would not be ashamed to say aloud, let alone commit to writing, as I did. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 4] I know the slash fiction I have written might not be as shameful as some of these productions are, yet my stance towards it was the same. I am now publicly declaring I condemn all of my previous writings as equivalent to porneia, thus worse than Petronius and the like, and solemnly promise I will never again write such filth in my life. Through my interactions with mr Riva during our professional collaboration I have learned valuable insights into facts I have not been aware before of, which the so-called communities associated with such productions perpetually avoid to tackle by entertaining their fantasies. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 5] Not only do they commit their shameful projections to writing for all to see, engage in worthless disputes whose projection is truer, but also disrespect the heritage of humankind left by great artists of the past and present by willfully misrepresenting them. They do not refrain to intrude upon the privacy of real people by writing fictional stories about these people in disreputable settings and also disregard all ethical boundaries by writing stories where blood ties and other unassailable boundaries are dissolved. This as a whole reveals the purpose and trow of such productions and individuals consuming and propagating them, and of which I distance myself deliberately. [Vorspiel - 2 bars] [Verse 6] The founding fathers of our nation would also be ashamed, having sworn upon the word of God, and freedom of speech does not mean say whatever comes to fancy. "Silentium est aurum" does not come out of the blue. I do not ask mr Riva to forgive me. This statement's sole purpose is to acknowledge mine error and foolishness and publicly state my future intentions. As I promised to cease writing shameful stories, in like manner I cease all contact with aforesaid "communities". [start fade out, slow down] [Vorspiel - 2 bars, fadeout] [Outro] I, Kirk Spokermann, with full knowledge and unhindered mental capabilities have issued this statement. Learn from my foolishness and avoid my mistakes. Hope will never die.. [end]