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Farewell
Music turn-in day
Is tomorrow.
While really it's just
Placing the papers in piles
According to instrument and part
Trying to organize everything
And hoping nothing's wrinkled
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Winding down
As the school year winds down,
So do I -
And yet
The homework
Does not.
We are saying goodbye
To beloved interns -
Beloved teachers -
If only for the summer -
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Tradition
Tradition is
Runner beans
Shells being cracked open
Until fingers are sore -
Sitting around a table with
A game of Dutch Blitz going and
Graham crackers with peanut butter
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Duet
Scared
Nervous
Terrified.
We step
One
At
A
Time
Onto
The stage.
Chairs.
Stands.
Folders.
Music.
Piano music,
Starting.
And we enter.
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Adjustments
I always wanted to be a better player but
I didn't really understand
How.
Two years of
Sort of almost having to
Lead
Being the only one who
Really cared enough
To do my best.
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That smile
I play for a lot of things.
That smile is one of them.
When we're doing something right
And you take fast four into two
And you're smiling and grinning and in full control
And we're not falling apart
Loves
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Disappearance
A close companion
love, appreciation, happiness,
a place to go
comfort, recognition, excitement,
until the companion disappears
sadness, confusion, loneliness,
and the place to go is empty
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Conductor
He raises his hands,
And as our cue,
We begin our dance -
Instruments,
Communicating,
It's like we can talk to each other
Through the song.
He claps his hands twice -
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Too Soon
Do you ever grieve something
that isn't even over yet?
It's like you know
that's it's going to be gone anyway,
that you're going to miss it
so much,
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Those two days
Two days
Was all it took.
A day of rehearsals;
Discussing, analyzing, perfecting -
And then the day
We performed.
The day that changed everything.
I gave myself to the notes on the page,
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Out of Tune
What used to be my everything
has now turned into what feels almost like a burden.
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Chicago Audition
I used to walk into a theater and it was salvation.
Stage lights and people who filled up a room,
I was happy to watch them for hours.
I wanted to become some part of that
some part of the instant admiration