Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, program for third movement
Noir
an unaccompanied soliloquy
frozen in imposed darkness
A traveller is always at home
only as safe as her wits
honed by disappointment
when she expected fairness
and found only extortion
Paradise lay in self-reliance
allows her generous spirit
to shine on and be seen
to give succor to shattered eggs
scrambled bodies
and all the broken little minds
along the roadside
Her energy is proper reaped
and stored long term
Terra Sapien-style
winterized against
zombie secessionist libertarians
rolling coal noir bones
Snake eyes!
Noir
an unaccompanied soliloquy
stars drench the night