Instrumental
her body is an instrument
brass string skin
wood wind
played
by others
she blares whispers toots
tremmm u l o u s
trem m m o l o
first to respond to air
flow
pluck strum
ta
ka
doum
she is stretched strung
polished
but the tunes they play
are mostly not
hers
she is the go
between
story and song
feeling and tale
experience and expression
sounding
board
a m p l i f i e r
in tune or out
she reverberates n
not w
with emotions her o
of w
n
she is warm cold
deep shrill
steady
still
bass tone slap
played out
languishing
unpracticed
case in a corner
vital heart
despised spleen
prised gut
preparing
one of these
days
to
o p e n
s p e a k
s i n g
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