An excerpt of a short story soon to be written - A Teaser

A Life In Requiem - impermanent title

A Story by Cory Kutschker

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,

et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion,

et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.

Exaudi orationem meam,

ad te omnis care veniet.

Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,

et lux perpetua luceat eis.

I did not know the man well, until he called me to his bedside that evening. I knocked three times before his frail voice ushered me in.

“Come in, come in!” This was muffled before a fit of coughing exuded through the opening door. He ushered me closer to the bed with a weak gesture of his hand, mottled and shrivelled.

            The idea and hope for this is to present a story set against Mozart's Requiem. It will generally be hopped that the reader listen to the music before. In this way, they may gain a feel of its tenor before they read its text.