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IN HIS OWN WAY.

Posted: September 26th, 2011, 8:29 am
by dadio
I feel I’m in heaven when
I hear that music, Father said,
Sitting in the chair in the garden,
Recovering from some old illness,
Hearing the Couperin organ masses
Playing through the open window
From your old black and red hi-fi
Record player. He was nearer to
Heaven than he thought, cancer
Was creeping through him like a
Silent snake. He didn’t go much on
Your Ornette Coleman’s alto runs
And tweaks of free jazz; what racket’s
That he’d say, trying to snooze in the
Afternoon sun, his companion Death
Lingering by, waiting for him in his
Own time to die. The garden’s empty
Now; his chair vacated, no more of
Couperin organ masses or Coleman’s
Free jazz playing out from an open
Window on a summer’s day, just birds
Singing nature songs across the way.

Re: IN HIS OWN WAY.

Posted: September 26th, 2011, 11:28 am
by the mingo
8)

Re: IN HIS OWN WAY.

Posted: September 26th, 2011, 12:26 pm
by Kailashana
All these places in our hearts we visit from time to time.

Like death.

~A

Re: IN HIS OWN WAY.

Posted: September 26th, 2011, 2:32 pm
by dadio
thank you, the mingo & Anna.

Re: IN HIS OWN WAY.

Posted: September 26th, 2011, 8:13 pm
by Atehequa
Alright ! Good read, dadio

Re: IN HIS OWN WAY.

Posted: September 27th, 2011, 1:31 am
by dadio
Thank you, Atehequa