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This is the right time for music
the dead are carried in
a child wrapped in a shawl
this is the right time for music
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There is the right time for music
the drone of the pipes begin
a keening cry a prayer a hymn
this is the right time for music
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This is the right time for music
a plea for mercy for forgiveness
the burial place sought and dug
a child wrapped in a shawl
this is the right time for music
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©robcullen25042021
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*A poem in response to Dave Rendle’s poetic response to the Armenian Genocide — “No time for music”.
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