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Recapture / Bertram's Welcome - The Riffle

from Garden Dreams by Aaron Marcus

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    Includes liner notes and a booklet insert with text of all the poems. Front cover artwork by Noble Chute, overall design by Dana Dwinell-Yardley. Back cover is a montage of showy ladyslipper orchids in a fen, Berta the Steinway Model B piano, and Aaron and Sam.

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Amid great joy, Bertram Rohan Marcus recently had a gentle landing coming into this world.

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As each one shed its chrysalis
Poised, unbound, they spread
Their tissue wings to greet the sun.

I waited for the morning heat to run off any fog
Then turned both out into the meadow
To flounce on the wind, to prance in the weeds
With wings of rainbow colors giving them away,
Skipping off to hide and lose their old man
Or leap and scare me as I feigned blindness yet
A cherry cheek or blond curl was easy enough to see
And close I lumbered to chase them up again,
A father troll in reach of son and daughter,
Pretending I was one step slower, their
Dizzy flight too quick for me.

And in that moment, as I caught my breath,
Both had flown to far-off scented air,
Grown, with little thought of home in mind.

Years I walk these fields alone and find
No colors in the bushes or rustle in the reeds;
Behind the trees, no one waits to pounce on me.

I seem to hear their romping games - the bounce and tease -
Whisper then, unfurl their names into the breeze…
And dream of catching butterflies again.

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from Garden Dreams, released November 14, 2021
Poetry by David Stauffer
Aaron Marcus: Piano, original music
Sam Sanders: Spoken Word

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Aaron (they/them) is an extraordinary pianist, concertinist, tune-writer and practitioner of traditional community dance styles. They tour across the US with "Frost & Fire," "Giant Robot Dance," & "The Turning Stile." Aaron believes in the deep emotive healing power of music. Their infectious exuberance, Earth grounding, and subtle lyricism all connect with the strong rhythms of the dance floor. ... more

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