Crosscurrents 2004 - Poetry

Like Music

Like music
when the violinist
plays on the mezzanine
above the bus tunnel
& trills of Vivaldi
flow down the escalator
to fill the secret silences
between rustling bags,
scattered conversations
& arriving busses;
when even the sparks
from the electric rails
sing.

or, more,
like the memory

of that music
later

- Steve Conger

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