WQXR celebrates its
classical countdown, flowing from Wagner’s
Gotterdammerung to Berlioz’s
Fantastique to Mozart in g minor.
Two hours from now their marathon will end
with Beethoven, always Beethoven. We
flow with them, love, turning on our brave bed
natural as earth through ages, flesh free
of clothing except for each other, warmed
by our passion and rest, and music passed
down through aeons. We whisper how it charmed
kings and queens, how these melodies will last
long after we’re gone. But this night we trust,
with knowing smiles, they flow only for us.
Roger Armbrust
December 31, 2009
