Aunt History and Stravinsky

Aunt History doesn’t care much
For Stravinsky
Its too much rum-ti-tum
Who needs it
Prince Ivan
And the firebird
Are piffle
She likes stories
Where no one’s saved—
At least
Not by magic
Nor by hope—
You just walk along
Maybe on a road
In summer
Somewhere in lapland
When you know
You’ve been spared
From something gruesome
There’s no analogy
For this feeling
No leitmotif
No hero

Author: stevekuusisto

Poet, Essayist, Blogger, Journalist, Memoirist, Disability Rights Advocate, Public Speaker, Professor, Syracuse University View all posts by stevekuusisto