

Or here
Maybe best of all, the horns and strings on the soundtrack of How to Marry a Millionaire
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Radio
I left it
on when I
left the house
for the pleasure
of coming back
ten hours later
to the greatness
of Teddy Wilson
"After You've Gone"
on the piano
in the corner
of the bedroom
as I enter
in the dark
from New and Selected Poems by David Lehman
It's amazing that it wasn't slipped into "Naked City" (was it?).
Posted by: Ted Chihara | March 23, 2021 at 10:18 PM
I agree, Ted.
Posted by: David Lehman | March 24, 2021 at 08:29 AM
Thank goodness it wasn't.
Posted by: Joseph Ciolino | March 03, 2022 at 08:24 AM
Also in "The Dark Corner".
Posted by: Lou Rugani | May 21, 2022 at 10:09 PM