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RE: [motm] A farewell to bliss.

2011-04-28 by John L Rice

Wow, beautifully written although seriously tragic! What happened?

John L Rice

> -----Original Message-----
> From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> adambaileynow
> Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 6:09 PM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] A farewell to bliss.
> 
> Farewell Modular synthesizer!
> 
> Your assemblage strewn asunder.
> Echoes of Moog, Eno, Radigue,... Xenakis!
> 
> and dearest Wendy.
> 
> Your quavering dulcet tones took me to inner,
> and outer spaces.
> 
> Deeper than the Detroit abyss.
> 
> Said it was my dream since I was but seven years from the womb.
> 
> We felt chosen to tame you.
> 
> Christened by fiery chariots.
> 
> Blessed by the rusted steamrollers upon Mannheim.
> 
> Icy play-fields:
> rinks of glass and flame.
> 
> Regret that I wanted to possess you so,
> fully.
> 
> No man can truly possess a beautiful and wild entity as thine self!
> 
> That I now know.
> 
> 
> Too soon have I lost you.
> 
> The chasm in my heart is unknowable to the uninitiated.
> 
> A bleak mystery of bereavement, solitude, and acridine tears.
> 
> 
> I weep alone.
> 
> 
> Someday again I swear to lay eager hand upon your metle shores!
> 
> Gentle, apt fingertips will adore your lines as Apollo would have
> Daphne's,
> before the beckoning river,
> and the sorrowful refrain of the rustling Laurel tree.
> 
> 
> I am undone.
> 
> 
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