Bombs, screams, then silence: the lullabye:
sheet music his body heard—nerves
ivy-curled: eighth notes; intestines barbed
in stacatta; heart trebled in staff
Bombs, screams, then silence: the lullabye: the memories
composed in his body—recorded
the oldest song: the whitest noise
till the child no longer/but always
having so immersed in music been
knew how children’s sleep was made
To the sounds of whole notes—thrown—
four beats from the shoulder, screams, then silence
Love this! :)
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