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The refusal

Posted on December 28, 2012 By adcitlali

A ghost-face against the silence that keeps playing that song haunts me…

Is the music an effect of the vision? Or does the song draw this ethereal face note by note?

I close my eyes seeking quietness, darkness.

The song acts as a snake biting its own tail.

I break the silence with my voice: Aaaahh!

… No change …

I know the ghost. It is you and it is me. Or you and not me.

I try to forget this colossal memory, again.

The song refuses to end.

XXVIII-XII-MMXII

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  1. brian miller says:
    September 15, 2013 at 10:37 pm

    nice…some great nuggets in this…the song as the snake biting its own tale…wow…and the question Or does the song draw this ethereal face note by note?, i like…like the matter of fact tone of the lines too…

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    1. Adriana Citlali Ramírez says:
      September 16, 2013 at 10:47 am

      Thanks for the kind feedback… I like the description of the tone you mentioned –matter of fact tone. I guess the feeling behind was just that… smiles…

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  2. shanyns says:
    September 16, 2013 at 1:14 am

    I know songs like that. This is a very good piece, thank you for sharing.

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    1. Adriana Citlali Ramírez says:
      September 16, 2013 at 10:51 am

      I’m pleased that you enjoyed the poem and shared the memory of these kind of songs. 🙂

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  3. claudia says:
    September 16, 2013 at 3:29 am

    songs can have such an effect on us…so often they develop a life of their own, connected to the memory they carry… great images here..

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    1. Adriana Citlali Ramírez says:
      September 16, 2013 at 10:36 am

      True. Sometimes the memories they carry surprise me . I sometimes believe that I would have chosen a different memory for a given theme, but songs are songs, and they have their own rules!

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  4. Anna :o] says:
    September 16, 2013 at 9:26 am

    I know these songs too…
    Anna :o]

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