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Publication 1036 By Arcadian on Saturday, August 4, 2007 at 05:36   
Location: Australia   Registered: Friday, July 30, 2004  Posts: 63    Search for other posts by Arcadian Search   Quote
   The Song of the Syrinx

   The events in the agora
   that go by
   without rumors,
   events not clear
   to reason,
   not noticed by the many
   in the grind
   of making a living,
   you capture in your songs.

   So play your flute,
   the one made by hand -
   the weathered one
   you chose
   amongst the water reeds
   then carved
   the five holes
   for the pentatonic scale.

   Inhale and allow
   your breath
   to tell a story
   harmonically
   But do not harbor
   any doubts
   in your heart
   as to who would want
   to listen to you.

   Some will listen
   to what you say
   and find something
   pleasing in your rhythms
   and others that scratch
   beneath the surface
   will find a gem,
   and yet others
   will take a dim view,
   and of course for others -
   it will mean nothing.

   So begin your song,
   the effort and desire
   to compose your work
   was not for yourself alone,
   but for strangers
   that would stop and listen
   in the throngs of the agora.

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