Unimaginable Fugue’s Valentine

Of the 24 who sprouted
only 6 remain but
what is that to Bach’s
and Magdalena’s loss
of 8 children out of
13 unimaginable or
the loss of almost 100
of the cantatas
of the over 300 he made
to my 18 zinnias gone
things alive on different
fronts that disappear
nostalgia is death asking
what you will miss
if you only fall down
and adore me