Listening To 50’s Andre Previn*
What are we doing,
More than looking
for ourselves, for
For ourselves we borrow styles,
Noticing the other’s tools,
Movements when we write a song,
Or play our wrong
Arpeggio,
Ourselves opposed.
We contra-go, we question-learn,
We contra-play all in the quest for unity.
What is a quest(ion) but a search
We recognize as me or I –
One to live with and enjoy.
We keep on borrowing and using,
Sometimes jumping, hopping off,
To head where we belong.
We’ve seen a light –we’ve had enough.
The clue, the warning?
Discontent; a know-not-why;
A looking-in; a “That’s not me”.
What are we doing, more than looking
For ourselves, for
Therein sits serenity.
*who left jazz piano behind to become a conductor.
Listening To 50’s Andre Previn 5.4.2012/12.20.2012
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