The lyrics I wrote for David Bowie began with the line, "Dragonflies swarm the beaches...," and they were good, good enough to save his letter of apology that he'd not be using them.

Now, years later, they swim up in my mind, spiraling to be sung, and just like that I am filled with music again, my pupils dilating and growing wide in an unseen flicker that you could know as epiphany.

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