RECUERDO #I (Granada Blues Deepinthenight)

1- Tapping of the inevitable dawn,

spilling wooden petals into dawnfire (A RED GLOBE

FLOATING ABOVE: A DECLINING MOON)

the dwarf,

Señor Mundo, climbs the rotted stairway,

staggers -old cat, violin in hand- this house darkly blotted

in the grove of pale cherrytrees.

Whispering,

not knowing when the door had closed.

(ARRIVAL!) the barrier presents itself.

Standing, mouth agape, the captive

does not foresee the aftermath,

(SHIMMERING HEAT OVER,

OVER)

away from the circle beyond us

waiting outside the moving, horizontal stageset,

his eyes drawn, glancing toward the parched stone hill,

he raises his head, a man returning.

2- (A DRUMROLL

SHATTERS THE WINDOWS) Raise my head in the old way,

the violin squeaks, the cat yawns, lonely dwarf turns to

the cornerplace to speak with his vision.

(LA SIERRA NEVADA: THE PINK FINGERS ACROSS!)

gaze faltering,

covered echo, gaze melting, receding, creeping obscurities of light,

widening, flowering circles: violin, cat, dwarf

(MELTING THE CORE OF MOUNTAINS) watch the departure of three friends.

3- Tapping of the insistent night (A RED GLOBE DECLINING:

MOON IN RAGGED ASCENT)

RW, first draft 1969, latest draft, 15.XII.92.

Copyright, Rory Winter 2013