I wish you would
not slow down before the recapitulation
but perhaps even accelerate
into the composer’s repetition compulsion
I thought the piece was
an interlude
but it turns out to be a rondo
With elements of a passacaglia
La Follia endlessly improvised on
This poem was published in issue 196 of the Arlington Literary Journal, April 1, 2024.
Andy Oram
March 23, 2024