Brodsky sang a song
Brodsky sang a song
-it’s what you thought
when you heard his
voice recorded on an
old record spinning
him around
-it’s what you thought
when you heard his
voice recorded on an
old record spinning
him around
you just came into the room
while the trembling high frequency
of the never landing nasal voice
was meant to keep the importance
right up, in the air
while the trembling high frequency
of the never landing nasal voice
was meant to keep the importance
right up, in the air
Still you didn’t laugh
because you knew it was
a voice of the past
and his words were
keeping in touch
with us.
because you knew it was
a voice of the past
and his words were
keeping in touch
with us.
Illustration by Galya Popova