“The price an artist pays for doing what he wants is that he has to do it.” William S. Burroughs

HIGH KEY

(Art Antonin Artaud) – (Poem Jay Simpson)

High Key

Hostile sounds mesmerize audiences

bring arguments to the fore

sell dissonance at the marketplace

muddle keys the signature

riffle through neurotic manuscripts

break pencils across ardent scores

trivial trills are thrust into limelight

notations removed burnt sacrificed

conductor’s baton lost in battle

timpani’s warning way too late

gunshots heard from back of house

the body count the perfect pitch

©jsimpsonart

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