Literature
compiano
No longer does a piano
sit in the front room,
waiting for someone to
eagerly play its keys.
No longer does a piano
sit in the great room,
electric and waiting
for new ideas to tap.
No, no longer have I
a piano of any sort,
except my computer
keyboard at hand.
And no longer is
it notes that I play,
but letters, words, and
pixels in a fantastic display.
No longer do I play music,
but I play poetry, the
music influencing me
playing in my right ear.
No, no longer a
piano with strings and
hammers, vibrations
and the physics of sound.
The music in my heart,
my mind, my body as
my feet tap the rhythm
now expressed as bl