Miserere
In the background of this poem:
Allegri’s Miserere.
The soft singing of five voices,
turned down too low to hear clearly.
Moments ago in a book
I learned of the existence of this piece,
stolen by Mozart’s brain from the Vatican;
transcribed and given to all of us
in a courageous act of defiance,
or perhaps just a thumbing of the nose
at the cassocked voices of denial.
Now coming through a USB speaker
attached by light waves to a laptop
and, as has been previously stated,
turned down too low to appreciate.
We shrink our miracles
until they no longer scare us.
/ / /
16 June 2025
Charlottesville VA
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