The following is the last parallel that I composed in 2018 and I emailed it to John Martone as a gift to thank him for his acceptance of a number of my pieces for Otata 37. This token of my admiration for both him and his work contains so much of what I see as my poetic ideal as to style, form, and content.
On the last day of 2018 John emailed me "That is beautiful. May I use it?" and then "Thank you. I'm honored to get such a gift. It gets a page to itself." He added it as a last minute addition to Otata 37 January, 2019.pdf
headstone —
I used to know you
the mystery of God
by heart
On the last day of 2018 John emailed me "That is beautiful. May I use it?" and then "Thank you. I'm honored to get such a gift. It gets a page to itself." He added it as a last minute addition to Otata 37 January, 2019.pdf
headstone —
end of time.
I used to know you
the mystery of God
by heart
is
finished
finished
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