Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Music with Numbers


My son hates music—
Or, at least, music with "numbers,"
Which means to him, music with words.
He says he hates poetry, too,
Even though he has a way
With the ancient, numerical symbolism of letters.
But I think, what all this means
Is that, even at his young age,
He has a low tolerance for mediocrity.
And, now, that his voice has changed,
He knows how things ought to sound,
And exactly what it is he wants to say
To this wacked-out, emo world.

 

-jenn long

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