The Little Clavier '

Each poem
is a miniature makeshift
piano; they're all
tuned slightly
differently,
a bit beat up, perhaps,
with a few misplaced, broken
strings,

but it's the best we've got;

we do not play,
but simply

   push the pedals down,

sitting quietly,
listening to the strings
resonate or sing,

giving back

   voices

hidden within
the marvelous sea of chaos
that surrounds us.