Brahms

Clarinet Quintet in B minor

 

passages of time

like a swallow

committed within a

slow, determined dive

beautifully present at once,

somehow silently

disappears.

 

Clarinet Trio in A minor

 

I share with you the memory

of the black, tweed, pilled and rough

three dollar purchase

embroidered Victorian buttons

triple breasted

wool tailcoat with

loose threads

brushing my ankles

 

Mendelssohn

String Quintet in A minor

 

right eye opens

and a smile unravels

upon your face

like the wings of a newborn

butterfly

 

We move on to

Schubert

“Trout”

Quintet.