Thirty-Seven

Music: Fugue in Bb Minor. By Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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Thirty-seven is immersed in beauty, Having served it since he was quite young. If such a choice demands some sacrifice, Refusing with regret the merely nice, To live with the sublime cannot be wrong, Yearning for it with a sense of duty. So the moment flows, nor plain nor pretty, Even as the time, nor short nor long, Vale of voices passionate, precise, Eases into clarity, a song Nor more nor less than perfect, priceless, plenty.