Airs on the G String/Mark Young

introit

Bach may have

publicly stated

he was wryting

songs of praise

to a Xtian god,

but I think he had

a much more uni-

versal one in mind.

1.

Erstwhile

trans-

parency. The

skin stretched.

Through which

the light once

shone. Now stripped,

glued to the

wall. Stories told

about it but

lit from the

wrong side.

2.

today's iso-

topic comes

from living in

a world of

half-

lives &

decay

3.

Taken as a

given. So

different from

received

as a gift.

4.

Lost &

found

in a

small area

of time he

has

cut back

& cleared

in order

to grow

agapanthus.

5.

Physical land -

(e)scape. Arrogance

of. Or passivity.

Slowly taken

over or is

overrun by. He

implored himself,

a voyage of

self-discovery. Spin

cycle. River drift.

6.

& not all beginnings

are the same

no matter

how much alike

they look. Not

all are

beginnings. Some

may be. The end.

7.

The balance

        struck

        even if

accidentally.

The man next door

with a chain saw

        cutting trees.

        Bowie video clip

on MTV.

8.

He carried a cage

with nothing in it.

A small bird.

Thalidomide wings.

Flew quite delicately.

Mouth open. Mute.

A beautiful song.

It carried the cage.

9.

Always a part of him

that didn't understand, that

came in late after the

introductions were over.

10.

Those parts of

      his life that

      he couldn't

currently transcribe

he planted with

      flowers in the

      hope he could

pick them later.

envoi

If in the

next

world

                old lovers

are the closest

one comes

to having

friends

he shall

still be

                 lonely.