Sep 07 2007
WHEN PAVAROTTI DIED
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BY GARY CORSERI
9/7/07
When Pavarotti died
No Statesman made a statement.
(They were embarrassed by their voices.)
No Officer of Meddling meddled
In another man’s affairs.
The skylarks fell from their windows.
(They had been admiring
Their own reflections.
Now they cried in unison, “He’s gone.”)