{"id":1519,"date":"2020-12-07T08:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/?p=1519"},"modified":"2020-11-29T21:54:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T20:54:53","slug":"quarantine-overture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/2020\/12\/quarantine-overture\/","title":{"rendered":"Quarantine Overture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Image<\/strong>: \u00a9 Giulia Asselta.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Author<\/strong>: A S<\/p>\n

Embrace<\/strong><\/p>\n

Soft shivers delayed<\/span><\/p>\n

Teeming tears kept at bay<\/span><\/p>\n

By a long-forgotten memory of warmth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A spark not-indifferent<\/span><\/p>\n

Born of hope and fulfillment<\/span><\/p>\n

Which have gathered in dust from eons ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sifting and trembling<\/span><\/p>\n

Those arms lifted daintily<\/span><\/p>\n

Crushing and calming the silent recluse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quiet embers of a past<\/span><\/p>\n

Lit ablaze by torrential gasps<\/span><\/p>\n

A reminder of what it means to sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Melody II<\/strong><\/p>\n

That shivering sky<\/span><\/p>\n

Emitting no reason<\/span><\/p>\n

Wavers unflinching\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

to the beat of a heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

As if were reflected<\/span><\/p>\n

A tune of inflection<\/span><\/p>\n

Crying and screaming\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

and pulling apart.<\/span><\/p>\n

But where there is healing<\/span><\/p>\n

Conceal not your breathing<\/span><\/p>\n

And stumbling, carefully<\/span><\/p>\n

Stride into the dark.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

(Nude)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the midst of your waking dreams<\/span><\/p>\n

Three whispers stop by, each begging<\/span><\/p>\n

To listen. The first caressing and cooing<\/span><\/p>\n

The second tickling and tingling<\/span><\/p>\n

While the last, stares at you in silence.<\/span><\/p>\n

And peeking you crouch below<\/span><\/p>\n

Reaching for strands thin as noise<\/span><\/p>\n

Those things which you wear on your shoulders<\/span><\/p>\n

And on your head. Yet you shiver<\/span><\/p>\n

And suddenly straighten, brushing those short strands<\/span><\/p>\n

aside, while your gaze stops to grasp the moon.<\/span><\/p>\n

And crawling, your heart clutches<\/span><\/p>\n

at the whispers, calling to scream<\/span><\/p>\n

among them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Stanza<\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On the ramparts of my heart the trumpets are blowing<\/span><\/p>\n

Not for victory but rather, a cry for truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

As ragged and tired men go home and weep<\/span><\/p>\n

For loss of understanding that they do seek<\/span><\/p>\n

Belated tears fill sorry eyes<\/span><\/p>\n

and drop.<\/span><\/p>\n

to endless sighs<\/span><\/p>\n

But a promise of song lifts their hearts and their eyes<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Brimming with tremor,<\/span><\/p>\n

Booming in Upheaval<\/span><\/p>\n

And beating<\/span><\/p>\n

Can you hear the rain?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Image: \u00a9 Giulia Asselta. Author: A S Embrace Soft shivers delayed Teeming tears kept at bay By a long-forgotten memory of warmth.\u00a0 A spark not-indifferent Born of hope and fulfillment Which have gathered in dust from eons ago. Sifting and trembling Those arms lifted daintily Crushing and calming the silent recluse. Quiet embers of a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1002189,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[36],"class_list":{"0":"post-1519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-winter-2020","7":"tag-poetry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1002189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/musemagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}