a concert outdoors

	





                the code of behavior

                ---------------------

	



  the trees and bushes

    steal sun and shadow

      from one another

        and

  step on your toes  trip you  trip you

    till you fall

      into the narrow patch

        of the meadow of slumber

  ... you HEAR

       the sheets

         attached to branches and shoots

           by clothes-pins

    the sheets of music ...



  silence

    wakes you up

      the guys under the tree

        clean instruments

  alright  you clap

	



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		   Small Girls

		Have Great Future

	



    the sky of May

    punishes the audience



    a small girl

    knows none of that



    the orchestra breathes

    under the oak



    the girl follows her yellow and black

    pacifier, the propeller must be rotating

                            too fast to see



    she sounds

    like a small bee



    20 years from now

    she'll marry

    a devoted bear











wlodzimierz holsztynski ©

       1991-05-05