Music Poem by Daniel Trevelyn Joseph

More interested in knowing facts
About the music, the name
Of the composer, the work, the number
Of the movement, allegro or allegretto,
The instrument, vibrato or pizzicato, etc?
Meanwhile the substance of music
Is not known or ignored.

It is like the eager tourist who is
Only storing up memories and photos
And is not in the place visited
At the moment,
Soaking.

Thathatha: it is as it is:
I want to enjoy the place,
Or classical music piece by itself.