Ninety-Nine

Music: Fugue.
From the Quintet in G Minor for violins, viola, cello, and piano
By Dmitri Shostakovich.
Sequenced by Dmitri Bachovich, at Kunst der Fuge.

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Ninety-nine enjoys a bit of sun,
Installed upon the terrace in her chair.
Nestled in her heavy woolen coat,
Extra-heavy scarf tucked round her throat,
The tiny figure relishes the air,
Yielding to a moment come undone.
Now she cannot feel the current run;
Inside, the heart holds still, just barely there.
Nothingness and being become one
Even as the end remains remote.

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