Affaire d’honneur

Freeverse

Is this music made of magic?

Or does it vent its violence

fired by fury, fuelled by force?

Does music trip Milton’s light fantastic

with nimble heartedness -

or fight with furore, feast on frenzy?

It can be a disease, fanatical,

as these hands, these fingers,

these tips, these nails

perform, carry out their execution.

I wonder with fixed eyes as I take that punch,

or deliver one in this duel we did not choose.

 

 

(14 Jan 2025)