St Remy
The organ notes pour over us.
St. Michael considers us seriously.
Quietly now, soft chains of sound,
The tracker action clicks behind.
Then more—more—more
The organ surrounds us,
Waves of sound sweep over us
Wipe out our earthly thoughts.
Insistent, higher, higher—
Then moving to resolve
In trial steps approach the close
There, now, c'est fini.
Lari Smith
France '93 Under St. Michael's Gaze at St. Remy-de-Provence