Lay for the Day 
5th
December
Mozart
died on this day in 1791.
From
the book of Praises:
7. Of Mozart
Dotted in unequal sequence
down their stalks,
disclosing
themselves by the fistful
while, coy and corpulent, the raspberry hides,
the
armed and taunting bramble
dangles
out of reach,
these that, once their faint-bloomed gloss has burst, will
stain
mouths purple, perfectly poised
between tart and sweet – blackcurrants, globe by
globe,
show how complete’s
their
inky pregnant likeness
to Wolfgang’s
crotchets.
John Gibbens
from Collected Poems
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