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Mozart in E-flat Major
(Hsia Yü)

I turn around.
I feel Monday’s well-shaven face lightly
caress my left shoulder

most cherished part
most crucial here and now

…..

So which Mozart piece was the poet referencing in this title?

Unknown.

I choose to believe it is the Adagio in Eb Major (from Sonata K. 457 in C Minor); In rondo form, (ABACA) it keeps returning to the known, the familiar.

The Adagio is tranquil, gentle, and intimate.

Like the caress of a bare face on a bare shoulder.