Rowing Without Oars

Glenn Gould: Beethoven Sonatas

Glenn Gould: Mozart Sonatas

I try to describe you to the river. I say you’re a snag--
Something the river can understand--catching my heart,
That I’m rowing without oars, that this is some trip,
Never able to leave you, bracing hard against swirls
That confuse me, that the whole ghostly place seems like a trap
Without bait, that nothing arrives anyplace near
Where you and I once wanted to be.
--Landis Everson