Tuesday, May 30, 2006

Poem: Concertmaster

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CONCERTMASTER
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Gathered around
a central violin
is a multitude
of ways and wages.
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One solid, single note--
as if the norm were

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focus

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concentration

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--the unison
that brings God down
from his holy hammock
in the skies.
. . .
Mozart
inevitable as mundane Monday
or Bach
as pure as profane Sunday
could well be.
. . .
The rosin squeaks along the bow
and the hands are tired.
Arthritis creeps upon them daily.

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But that long, sweet note
she holds at night in sleeping,
‘til the rough chaos of shifting chairs
comes ‘round again

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in the shiftless light
of morning.

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