Prelude and Fugue

Something of late November
sifting through a window
brings back this prelude—

two voices blend, I lean
into the keys, draw back
when the voices part.

How the body remembers—
Señora V in a floral sundress,
rose talcum hand soft

on the curve of my spine
imprinting what she knew
of love and time. How could I know

what those notes would mean
decades of preludes ahead.

Credit

Author

Angela Narciso Torres

Angela Narciso Torres is the author of Blood Orange (Aquarius Press, 2013), winner of the Willow Books Literature Award for Poetry. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Illinois Arts Council, and the Ragdale Foundation. She is the poetry editor at RHINO and a publicity coordinator for Woman Made Gallery Literary Events. She lives in South Florida.

Date Published

01/08/2019