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MARTINA TAEKER Song of the Nightingale 1. Did you drink from the fountain of Hippocrene or just watch the muses bathe? The notes of your song are pure like a lover’s skin. 2. I have no plum tree to sit under while composing. 3. The blankness of the River Lethe denies us a future. Unable to remember we cannot learn from past mistakes. When did we entwine your perfect notes so sinuously with death and danger? This is no floor that guards against assassins; we do not need to choose between the lark and nightingale.
Song of the Nightingale
1. Did you drink from the fountain of Hippocrene or just watch the muses bathe? The notes of your song are pure like a lover’s skin. 2. I have no plum tree to sit under while composing. 3. The blankness of the River Lethe denies us a future. Unable to remember we cannot learn from past mistakes. When did we entwine your perfect notes so sinuously with death and danger? This is no floor that guards against assassins; we do not need to choose between the lark and nightingale.