Wednesday, December 26, 2018

DESCEDENDO


Traditionally, Night's entrance
Is heralded by seven notes
Descending on muted strings.
Lyres do well or lutes or rebecs
Or miniature Spanish guitars
Played by the serious ghosts
Of very small princesses.
But if banjos are what you have
Or ukeleles, twang boldly forth.

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