Today's OneWord: Orchestra

The orchestra played Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1 with grace and gusto, and the minor intonations of a horrifying "Frere Jacques" crept into my ears to sleep. That night, I drank beer on the apartment balcony, with my brother curled up in a ball beside me. He was five years old and too tall for his age. He had cried during the third movement. I didn't blame him.

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