a note
    a letter
        a chord

in this context, all the same

her calloused fingers pluck heartstrings and play a cutting refrain of four three two one
she tells a story
of a girl who has no idea what she is doing
whose hands are supple and young
whose fingers count out four three two one

she listens
she plays
she has no idea what she is doing

a letter
she writes
she reads
she tells a story
she has no idea what she’s doing
she plays a chord of four three two one
her heartstrings have been plucked

she
her
different people
same chord
same letter
same note
four
three
two
one
different girls
same note
same chord
same letter
she writes
she reads
they have no idea what they are doing
she reads she writes
things change
different girls
same letter
same chord
same note
but these two share it
four
three
two