First beyond all
song, or any note,
was that terrible small
silence in her lovely throat—
and all along,
the quiet potency for
most fantastic song.
Still, there lingers
in Philomela’s cries
the echo of her deft
fingers when her music flies.
She could not sing
except for outraged muteness,
Procne, and the king
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