Listening to KLRE and George
Pelecis’s “Nevertheless”…strings high…
performing emergency heart surgery…
marrying intricate piano…just why
they make me cry must deal with memory…
that title central to it all…defined
as “in spite of”… “notwithstanding”… you see
how it melds like memory… the divine
result… in spite of what happened…in spite
of her leaving…notwithstanding heartbreak…
comes forth creative spirit…sacred light
of poetry…to survive…what it takes
to thrive in spite of…utter devastation…
What happened to him…to fire inspiration?
Roger Armbrust
September 13, 2020
