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Roland John

A melody and you expressing it,
your life evolving to an end, where
dark metres drift unheard

at the edge of it.  The hard line
unfolds parted by its single note,
no echo’s accomplished even now.

In our high room the polished notes
close in.  I hear too often
your frailty masked with passion.

© 2003 Roland John. All rights reserved.
From Envoi Magazine | Envoi Magazine, 2003
Reprinted by permission of the author.

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