Our symphony celebrates
an extension of exhaustion
with a clashing of cymbals.
This musical petting zoo,
in this not so sedate library,
wrangles the Summer free.
The keys are now instrumental,
achieving the highest vibration,
forming a wind upon your lips.
Each child delights, in transport,
a buzzing between each string,
the sweetness now sounding.
Snares capturing boundless joy
as it rains, forming a hurricane,
all bells ringing truest to form.
Remember this wonder
when alone and quiet,
beckoning it back again.
Christine Gay Dutton hails from Rochester, NY. She resides in Northampton,
Massachusetts. Her work has been published with Kota Press, Aileron, Deep
Cleveland, Meat for Tea, Wordpeace, Ekphrastic Review and Identity Theory.
She co-led in the formation of Writing Sisters, a BIPOC and Queer community
of writers in Holyoke, Massachusetts.