Here is a brief elegy
for Ken
Pickering, who passed away yesterday and will be sorely missed.
Some
Musics
for Ken Pickering
Some musics draw you
in and pull you near.
Some musics sound what
words fall short about.
Some musics free you
up enough to hear
what offers a brief means
of letting go.
Some musics can’t be
bought again, even
by special order at
Black Swan Records.
Some musics refuse the
done, the given.
Some musics have a way
of happening
that defies and
embraces love at once.
Some musics winnow a
few greasy vowels
down to their consequential
resonance.
Some musics make life a
bit more worthwhile.
Some musics have little
to do with notes.
Some musics improvise
what can’t be said.
Some musics stir what
grieves and celebrates.
Some musics keep good
company in loss.
