Twenty-Nine

Music: Sonata for Flute and Guitar.
By Tomaso Albinoni.
Sequenced by Dmitri Bachovich at Kunst der Fuge.

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Twenty-nine enjoys a certain peace,
Well beyond the waterfalls of youth.
Even though the current still moves on,
Now it slowly slides beneath a calm,
Tranquil surface mirroring the truth.
Years bring change, but now change will decrease.
Now the restless surges, raw, uncouth,
In passing through the heart will do less harm;
Nor will the ravages of wonder cease,
Even as they take a different form.

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