<\/p>\n
One must wonder<\/p>\n
at this world of<\/p>\n
beer cans, ashtrays and “just because”,<\/p>\n
wonder at the<\/p>\n
movement of it all,<\/p>\n
how pages yellow and lovers spent<\/p>\n
crawl away to their corner of the bed,<\/p>\n
how the flowers in the vase<\/p>\n
dry and disappear, deny the day,<\/p>\n
wonder at the way<\/p>\n
it all slides down,<\/p>\n
wonder and listen for<\/p>\n
the sound that can’t be found<\/p>\n
the sound that accompanies our<\/p>\n
great, so gentle, imperceptible fall,<\/p>\n
listen for the orchestra’s honest organizing whistle<\/p>\n
listen for the violin’s whine and the oboe’s sad skip<\/p>\n
the swish of the conductor’s baton<\/p>\n
listen for this one step, two step, the beat<\/p>\n
we all, groping for each other<\/p>\n
dance to complete<\/p>\n
to greet and applause beyond our laws<\/p>\n
our false creations, our fabulous flaws.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
One must wonder<\/p>\n
at this world of<\/p>\n
so much music nobody hears.<\/p>\n
How much better we might dance<\/p>\n
if we did.<\/p>\n
Like a cook smelling, taking off the lid.<\/p>\n
One must wonder where<\/p>\n
the life lived is hid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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