VIA SACRA

Imagine the most beautiful girl in the world is walking in front of you.

She’s entering the ruins of western civilization,

The wind is swirling her skirt

Around her thighs.

You want to follow. But you know

She wants to be alone

With western civilization; she’s holding a map.

Little boy, one day your hand will hover above the spinning record

As you drop

The stylus on the Berg quartet.

You will retain this memory, return to it,

Because she’ll write it down.