for music only

And Montale wrote

The Storm

Les princes n'ont point d'yeux pour voir ces grand's merveilles,
Leurs mains ne servent plus qu' à nous persécuter . . .
                                                    (Agrippa D' Aubigné: À Dieu)

The storm that trickles its long March
thunderclaps, its hail, onto the stiff
leaves of the magnolia tree;

(sounds of shaking crystal which startle you
in your nest of sleep; and the gold
snuffed on the mahogany, on the backs
of the bound books, flares again
like a grain of sugar in the shell
of your eyelids)

the lightning that blanches
the trees and walls, freezing them
like images on a negative (a benediction
and destruction you carry carved
within you, a condemnation that binds you
stronger to me than any love, my strange sister);
and then the tearing crash, the jangling sistrums, the rustle
of tambourines in the dark ditch of the night,
the tramp, scrape, jump of the fandango. . .and overhead
some gesture that blindly is groping. . .
                                                           as when
turning around, and, sweeping clear your forehead
of its cloud of hair,

you waved to me—and entered the dark.

                                                                          translated by Charles Wright

And Boris wrote:

Let the rain melt
with the hour you don't pronounce
not to wake it up.
Not so loud
not so silent
stay but leave
path wide and confortable.
One second more
into this nest
then I'll leave
for another shore
smiling crow
happy mirror.

avoid looking for
undistinguished explanations.
give up red and pick up steal
now it's fine
for both of us
so don't look for a pen
to trace line on a white
calm shore
there'll be no more writings
only music
music you don't need to
think
but only
enjoy


oh, so fine.

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author's note: life is fucking awesome.