Mahler and Freud Meet in Leiden I:II:1 – Nearing the Apex of Midnight

Mahler and Freud Meet in Leiden, Part One, II:1
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I am wakened to stumble
Into the Maritime thunderstorm
Of my aging,
Lightning flashing through the blinds,
Falling water smashing at the house.
I picture Dürer in self-portrait
With paper almost too wet
To sketch on. Cantata strains
Of Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen
Play very far away
Upon the pace of short sacred chords
In the background of my mind.
I know Liù is dead.
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St. Stephen, NB – Seal Cove, Grand Manan, NB – Bowen Island, BC, 4 August 2007 – 4 December 2009

Nashwaak Review (Fredericton, NB), 26/27, 411 (2011)