DI PALMA'S DOZEN

for Tony Frazer

 

JUST ONE PIECE
Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. . .
Are we there yet? Are we there yet?
Are we there yet? Don’t make me come up there!

NINE PAIR OF CLEAN WHITE UNDERWEAR
Logical changes in sharp detail

FEATURE THIS
Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. . .
Logical changes in sharp detail--
Signed, Mutatis Mutandis

WHAT COULD GO WRONG
I thought plenty

I THOUGHT PLENTY
What could go wrong

CRAVEN TENACITY
Among the many things that came after
Were a number of the things that came before

THE SOUND OF A MARCHING FLUTE BAND
Too much history

OMNEMESIS
Complete and unabridged

ATTRITION
Improvise—crank it up--
Come come, Mr Understatement

ORB AND SCEPTIC MARCH
Deal with whatever it is when you get there
The possible adjectives are endless—infinite

MORE REFINED THAN SUBLIME
Mandolin harp flute and cornetto
Backed by a small period orchestra

CONSTANT DETAIL
Reading the blizzard

OPIATE [TRAFFICKERS IN THE SWARM]
Constant detail caught in the complexity of the percussive

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Ray Di Palma