Monday, September 25, 2017

Mahler’s Valentine

A stray family of bees
Is conducting my tree’s
Last late bloomers like
Bernstein doing Mahler
Jumping up and down
But this time in slow motion
So you can see the lift he gets
And the leaves turning yellow
Between his shoes and the podium
The agitated adagio
His fingertips introduce
Until the whole orchestra hums along
And the brass think it’s spring
Though the birds have gone

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