Vibration, rhythm
Snatches of melody
Thrust upwards
Dance-like, inextinguishable.
 
The curly moppet Janacek
Late to greet his own renown
Unclenches
The taste of empires’ rigid hand.
 
Brass and timpani
Corral the textured patterns
Insistent as a human voice
Crying out for happiness:
 
Challenging the unanswered questions
Eclectic, romantic, fractured
Music of the earth
Embracing all human desire.
 
 
Gar Jones:  June 2011/January 2017

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