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June 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: Convalescence

Brian Eno listening
to a harp album

convalescing. He can
barely lift a finger.

the taxi-cab banged him up
pretty good –

or pretty bad – depends
how you look at it.

the album
of harp music on

in the background. the rain
takes over – or it provides

further soundtrack – depends
how you hear it.

he has no control
over the volume

he’s just regaining
control of himself.

his mind is free
to wander.

so it does. And from this
state, and in

this state, he
creates ‘Ambient

Music’, without
even lifting

a finger. Because he couldn’t
even lift a finger.

 

 

 

 

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