Nine Spheres

(by jann castor, 16^th of september, 2000)

there is consonance

in Nine Spheres of Scipio

a musical whirring of the otherworld

Whoever passes through them

is free from gods and demons

there is consonance

in voyages

between being human and ethereal

Whoever transcends them

is free from desires and longing.

There are dreams in music

beyond life and death

joining them as one.

to answer their calling

is to become a fearless virtuoso.

devil was a fiddler

wasn't he?