Cat Fugue Fib

as
i
follow
distant and
haunting scarlatti
viola d'amore sonatas
worry ukraine nuclear war with covid variants
i hear resonance of domenico's distress over invading turks and black plague
still he had his ear set to create his cat fugue to the steps of pulcinella's paws—
yet against the skull's grin we sound and shadow shapers
carve all blocks that encounter us
floating in backwash
of the time
through which
we
swim