For an hour I forgot my fat self,
my neurotic innards, my addiction to alignment.
For an hour I forgot my fear of rain.
For an hour I was a salamander
shimmying through the kelp in search of shore,
and under his fingers the notes slid loose
from my belly in a long jellyrope of eggs
that took root in the mud. And what
would hatch, I did not know—
a lie. A waltz. An apostle of glass.
For an hour I stood on two legs
and ran. For an hour I panted and galloped.
For an hour I was a maple tree,
and under the summer of his fingers
the notes seeded and winged away
I love this. The metaphors really stick out. And I'm also wondering why the narrator is scared of rain. XD
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you liked it too! :) Sandra Beasley's metaphors are like delicate gummy bears:) The narrator is the piano, that's why it's scared of rain (rust)! :) It's describing what it's like to be under the pianist's fingers.
ReplyDeleteOh! I was looking at it wrong then. I was thinking the pianist was the narrator.
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