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Music: Aria
Variata, BVW989, Variation #1.
by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Performed by Brendan Kinsella at the
Free Music Archive
under a Copyright-Only
Dedication license.
Fantasies endure the test of time.
Out of myths emerge identities.
Underneath the prose there is the
rhyme,
Revealing what was not and could not
be.
There is a well-worn scrim across the
past,
Hard to see through, absent light
behind:
Old, self-serving stories made to
last,
Fictive landscapes painted on the
mind.
Just listen to the songs of who you
are:
Underneath your words are melodies
Long rehearsed, the bedroom door
ajar,
Years ago, when truth was meant to
please.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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