I keep thinking of far-off light, not night
light like I wrote of a while back, but day
and distant like photos of cloud and bright
light breaking through, like ol’ Tom Parr portrays…
sea scenes off Sandy Hook near sunset…scenes
majestic…turbulent…Turner would smile
at seeing them…what they really portend
of our psyches…we humans silent while
threatening to explode…fed up with wars
and political lies…I’m listening
to Mendelssohn’s violin invite stars
and feelings of peace…recall Jews listening
to Mendelssohn before der Führer’s boys
sent them to showers and that hissing noise…
Roger Armbrust
September 5, 2020
