Musical Story…after the drawing by Irena Siwek
instead of roses
he tried calla lillies
roses would've been pushing it
even if her hair was red
she merely smiled
reading elizabeth barrett browning didn't work
either
she found a way to make
the cello sound like
a summer night
sometimes, it sounded
like the human voice
or even rain
depending on how she plucked
the strings
he then simply told her
her cello playing
felt like the hollow
in his heart
she replied "sometimes,
just asking for
what you want works
best...
Cheryl
is the grace notes
at the end of a john coltrane solo
is the song sonny rollins practiced
on williamburg bridge
when trane's shadow eclipsed him
is the muse joshua redman calls
when sonny rollis has stopped
giving him inspiration
she is the poem joshua redman plays
that i listen to when i can't
articulate our friendship
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