RON PADGET
The Brick of Bach Come ye joyful nations, rise Join the triumph of the skies
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Register upon register of nations and nations of angels seraphim cherubs all the gradations of heavenly spirits dappled pink that fade out into pure white light and singing not through their mouths but through their being there clavier upon clavier stacked and fanned up and out amidst the architecture of heaven Who would not want to be a brick in this city made of music or a note like the one that becomes two when rise becomes ri-ise and skies become ski-ies? Can a brick sing yes if it is invisible and they are winning, those bricks So come ye joyful nations, rise Join the bricks up in the skies and have brickness so much that you too are an angel a visible one though the other you is a little above invisible and singing the exact same note as you