Metamorphosed Melody
'I let a song go out of my heart' as if a song locked up within you keeps it safe you release it it’s just a delusion
you think you'd know by now that all melodies eventually get out of hand your mind rules your heart and your heart can't stop them
life improvises you you believe you can make endless permutations on a theme the notes you can osmose into any rhythm
but the continual non-sequitors which swing you, like a bird on sudden updrafts
until you've changed and your original theme is now a new tune
there is nothing to be let out you're not rent even thought you're flat- out empty
you're not mortgaged either
all the rest is just jazz.
© Diane Stevenson Schmolka May 21, 2003
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