He's playing again
He's now quite brisk with "Für Elise"
He counts off each verse
While she scolds him in the Mandarin

Piano again
Keeps me awake, dreading future hours
The drama once more
I'll rock on my heels in 7B

Solo recital
And a duet of scornful refrains
Rest for the graveyard
Eighty-eight keys lock me outside it

© 2000 Bruce V. Bracken