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as usual
I began my driving part of the day
with classical music
(it soothes the savage driving spirit)
but what was different today was
beneath the haze of fine music
I zoned into some words by the radio announcer
a quote
my music is best understood by children and animals
somehow
I felt
connected
the quote happily haunted
my frantic teaching day
and gave me strength
and gave me different puzzles to play
what did it mean
what did it mean
I found myself
gathering thoughts
somehow
these souls
sense the music
without lessons
without the refinement of
what to appreciate
and what not
somehow these souls
seem to know
more about the music of heaven
than we older varieties can even dream about
where did we take the wrong turn
did we build the wrong journey
did we see the wrong goals
did we let
money
mangle
our mansions
within
till our music
forgot how to play
if only we could find a way
to retrieve
our lost song
our lost chord
