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Cecelia Francis
Poems
Oct 2016
I was once a classically trained pianist
I was once a classically trained pianist:
My nails cut weekly down to the bit
and internal tongue
ta-ta-ta-ta, ta-tee-tee
ta-ta, tom
tuned to the metronome.
Daily hours meant:
bent stick straight up
scales and etudes then
sonatas and scherzos and waltzes and nocturnes and preludes and arias
and movements memorized
by fingers that knew the way
and weight of adjusted arms.
What is the value of
a wrong note alone
or amongst many,
of memory incapable
and fingers fallible?
Written by
Cecelia Francis
24/Non-binary
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