Thursday, February 9, 2012

Schnittke's Stone


image borrowed from Tess

Schnittke's Stone



You showed me
a song among
the uncut hair
of Russian graves,

a simple stave
juxtaposed quiet
against a frenzy
of rough granite,

sufficient polystyle
for long wild runs,
miniscule breaths,
ever-present ghosts,

his puberty rights
relinquished
in loud silence
prolonged.



tess kincaid

February 2011

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