Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The Yearned-for Thing


on Joseph Haydn’s 278th birthday
(b. March 31, 1732)

Sounds bloom
in the next room.
Haydn plays viola in it –
Emperor Quartet.

Just up from a nap,
hands in her lap,
casually dressed,
the Empress at rest –

cool, blue, cream –
listens to a theme.
Instincts sing!
The yearned-for thing.





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