By: Suchoon Mo

so long ago
in that small town
so far away
a young man was playing a violin
alone
Sarasate’s Gypsy Air
Zegeunerweisen
in that small house

so long ago
a raging civil war came
and a young man died
shot by a firing squad
the young man
who used to play a violin
alone
Sarasate’s Gypsy Air
Zebeunerseisenin
in that small house
in that small town
so far away

in the middle of winter

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Suchoon Mo lives in the semiarid part of Colorado. He writes poetry and composes music.