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serenity blaze
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0 posted 2002-12-24 06:36 AM



"This is," he said, with stroke of hand,
"a masterpiece of sound."
I watched him walk
the length of her
lightly tapping
keys in scale.

"This," he said, "is upright grand."
He smiled.
"I know you do not understand."
Then he hit a chord of hand
fingers splayed a mystery
He had to stand
to make the point
bass in flats
past middle C
with a champagne bubbling
of trickles
down my ears in beg...

"My god.." he breathed
too sexually
and kicked the stool
to suit his hind.
I watched his brows
knit into one
as he seethed
my reprimand
rippling
the part of me
that few men
ever understand--
He said:
"piano's need to bleed--"
he said "a string
needs to be stretched--"

"An instrument needs to be played..."

And I agreed.
I sang--duet
within
exhale of cigarette--

I did not clap
when he was done.

I was an audience
of one.

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Janet Marie
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1 posted 2002-12-24 07:52 AM


you rock the same way with your pen...
and it rolls me
Merry Christmas me twin...love ya K-girlie.
mothyme

Will the wind remember the names it has blown in the past?
With this crutch, its old age and wisdom, it whispers no ... this will be the last.

jh

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2 posted 2002-12-24 09:00 AM


Well, you know what I read into this, of course, and it reads beautifully. I like the title..."Sheet Music" would also work.

Excellent write, serene one

garysgirl
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3 posted 2002-12-24 09:03 AM


Yes, Kare....Mr Seymour would feet very well...     

"Love makes the world go around"
~~with love and hugs from Ethel~~  
                  

Aenimal
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4 posted 2002-12-24 03:09 PM


"HooooWah!"
~Al Pacino~

nuff said


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Gaia
5 posted 2002-12-26 12:12 PM


Even an audience of one knows a masterfully presented piece.
Martie
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6 posted 2002-12-26 12:32 PM


serenity

I think you must be a great listener, given the right song.  Enjoyed this and so did my piano.

serenity blaze
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7 posted 2002-12-26 05:53 PM


smiling...thanks all. Quite a maestro he was too!

and um, Martie? Before he left, he did say, that an instrument needs to be played--
regularly!


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