[silence] Sad News: Merce Cunningham Dies

[S.E.M. Ensemble]

Merce Cunningham died today
And I feel suddenly
100 years old
 
It wasn't long ago
In Prague 
Na Starém výstavišti
Below the stage 
(where musicians sit)
Looking
 
One more leap
Merce
Four feet high
The speed
The power
The grace
 
Slowly rocking
In silence
Sideways 
On top on bottom
In Warsaw
With Carolyn
 
Women in the south
Wear only black 
After they have 
Lost someone
(a few are quite young)
 
Don't leave!
And I am staying
Thinking
Who goes next?
 
Petr Kotik
July 27, 2009