Fifty-Eight

Music: Fugue in A Major
By Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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Fifty-eight comes often to the table, Intent on the conundrums of the day. For her the chance that there she might be able To shape the world for good in some small way Yields pleasure that no hunger can allay. Even as she yearns for peace and justice, In her the simple moment brings delight, Gift of being, palpable and lustrous, However strewn upon the field of night, The reason and the rage for doing right.