Trumpet Soliloquy: Trapped Torrent
/A selection from my chapbook, The Trumpet Soliloquies
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It blows raw and sour
Deaf to pedestrian complaints,
Society,
Thin-skinned prey assaulted by the
Whoops and suction of intemperate gales.
No mercy, no song.
Unbridled aural contempt,
Feral horses driven by vile ancient curses,
Trampling civilization and then
Running themselves to death.
He pulls the instrument case to his chest
Deflects the blows,
Mourns the loss of a hat swiped in a rude gust,
And listens, despite himself, for clues in the howling wind
That might shred his polite technique
And unleash a torrent
At audiences that can find no shelter
Against the singular claim of his gift.
By Douglas Glenn Clark
From: United States
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