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This poem is the first in a series of pieces inspired by bass clarinetist Thomas Savy’s new CD, French Suite (Plus Loin Music, 2009). This particular poem came from listening to his performance of John Coltrane’s “Lonnie’s Lament.” You can learn more about Thomas Savy at his MySpace page. I’ll be posting more poems in this series in the coming days.
the bass clarinet
reaches down, scoops
out your intestines
causes your brow
to furrow, your eyes
to narrow then shut
lamentation, an old
fashioned word
from before these sounds
existed, before this
Frenchman was born
John William burned
his lament onto the wax
as he had inscribed it
onto the paper
black ink to red fire
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