The first wisps of the singer's alaap curl up, fragrant and soft and mingle with the fumes of my sleep.
excellent job with this one! wonderful word choice, even though I had to investigate on alaap enjoyed this thoroughly, thanks!
Oh yeah, in Indian classical music, the musicians start with an alaap or alaapana, which is a slow free time improvisation on the raaga. It usually starts of with very short carefully chosen phrases of music, kinda like a warm up, which is what I was referring to.
I agree with LittleSkinny, this is atmospheric, and 'fumes of sleep' is indeed a beautiful phrase to have chosen in your work.
