William Bolcom
Night practice
I
Will
Remember
With my breath
To make a mountain
With my sucked-in breath
A valley, with my pushed-out
Breath a mountain. I will make
A valley wider than the whisper, I
Will make a mountain higher than the cry;
With my will breathe a valley. I will push out
A mountain, suck in a valley, deeper than the shout
YOU MUST DIE, harder, heavier, sharper, a mountain than
The truth YOU MUST DIE. I will remember. My breath will
Make a mountain. My will will remember to will. I, suck-
Ing, pushing, I will breathe a valley, I will breathe a mountain