2004
The Counter
Composed by 
Dorothy Chang
Dorothy Chang Text by 
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams Burning Song Collection
"The Counter" is the second song of Dorothy Chang's song cycle Burning.
Text
The Counter
by William Carlos Williams
My days are burning
My brain is a flower
Hasten flower to bloom
my days are burning
Quietly the flower
opens its petals
My days are burning
My brain is a flower
My brain is a flower lost
to its own fragrance
indifferent, idle–
my days are burning
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