The artist overwhelmed by the grandeur of ancient ruins The ruins of life The passing of time Like bodies, like minds We pass Hold me Converse with me In Italy Intelligently Drinking coffee In the shadow of muscular statuary Kiss me eternally On the iPod Christoph Willibald Gluck The white face and the mime The pierrot and the queen Plaster dust is on your face Clasp me in your marble grasp In the midst of life there is death "I give pleasure to all I will go wherever you want me If you sing or talk to me I will retain your songs or words And repeat them to you at your pleasure I can enable you to always play the voices of your loved ones Even though they are far away I talk in every language I can help you to learn other languages The more you become acquainted with me, the better you will like me"