One of a few poems I wrote about Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Playing the Piano 2022 streaming concert.

The poet
an elder statesman of sorts

melancholy now
degrees from dour

loose grains
under foot

—

The old man
now and his former self

his voice
quiet, gentle

sometimes now
barely a whisper

—

The calendar
an unwelcome reminder

future approximate
and finite

each malignant cell
another hour

—

The echoless sound
of shoes on soft earth

smoke
clouds

approaching
silence

(8 December 2022; posted 22 December 2022)

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