R.M. Dolin, 2016
Trumpeter of Krakow
We are all preprogramed
to attach emotions to
sounds and images.
An unexpected song.
A forgotten photo.
A voice we haven’t heard in years.
All memories waiting to be touched.
Love is an instant of
clarity followed by
a soothing clam
emptying the world of
everything but you
and your other soul.
Emotions betray the person
we strive to be
quicker than snow covers
the well laid tracks
we’re expected to follow.
Only a Venezuelan Priest
who attended seminary in Poland
could pull off performing
the Hejnal Mariacki
with Latin passions in
a way that brings
an Italian Bishop to tears.
But that’s the power of
Saint Mary’s Dawn.
Just ask the Mongol hords
at the gates of Krakow
or the Germans at Monte Cassino.
Background poem from the “What Is To Be Done,” trilogy. Padre wins permission to continue performing with his salsa band by playing the Hejnal Mariacki so profoundly it causes Bishop Abbidelli to cry
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