The music abandoned.
November 22nd, 2013, 7pm
It was 23°C with clouds and visibility OK. The breeze was gentle.
i follow twisting stairs and streets up and up
until the sound of violins draws me still further
to a string quartet playing to an empty street –
construction site backdrop,
cigarette scattered stage,
and i move closer to listen, but the last notes have faded,
chairs scraping, bows clattering varnish, the musicians stand
and someone says, Just leave the music
it is there still, on the stands and in memory
Canadian, ex-Tokyoite, writing photos and shooting novels in Hong Kong. (http://owenschaefer.com | http://thethingabouttime.com)
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