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Symphony No. 2: Prologue
02:23
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II. Begin Again
(original poem title “Da Capo”)
Take the used-up heart like a pebble
And throw it far out.
Soon there is nothing left.
Soon the last ripple exhausts itself
in the weeds.
Returning home, slice carrots, onions, celery.
Glaze them in oil before adding
the lentils, water, and herbs.
Then the roasted chestnuts, a little pepper, the salt.
Finish with goat cheese and parsley. Eat.
You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted.
Begin again the story of your life.
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Symphony No. 2: The Fire
05:37
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IV. The Fire
Again open
the book
of reds and golds.
Study the faces
of poppy and lion,
the bright-carpet
tapetum lucidum
of your own life.
What looks back
and seems to be burning
is burning;
though not all the same:
in the moment
of turning away
from rain,
the day gives off—
red & gold—
the slightest scent of peaches.
This too
so you might know things
as they are.
So you, who are
already walking within,
will come in.
Why else take up
the body’s single candle,
if not to see
how everything is consumed?
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Symphony No. 2: Crossing
02:35
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VI. Turn Over
(original poem title “The Clock”)
Night pond,
its few leaves
floating:
absence-of-stars,
drifting over the surface.
But even
fallen things
disrupt each other.
Beauty, griefs turn over.
The leaves move
all night, slowly,
until they again are red.
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Evan Ware Pomona, California
Evan Ware is a composer and music theorist who focuses on the reclamation of human dignity and community in the face of trauma, hatred, isolation, and distraction.
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