IMPROVISATION #268
MONTALE'S HOUR

Tell me
what ivy grotto
speaks to the flowers
or the last soul
who prayed
by the shadows
at the dormer window
late in the day
in the former ghetto
visiting Dora Marcus
at Montale's hour
hearing a cello's recording
echo of Jacqueline Du Pre
playing Bruch's
Kol Nidrei.