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Eulogy to a player piano
played only by mice.
Strings twang untuned
as little ones scurry
from A to B flat.
The dusky sonata
of wood-chip cherubs
with wormy tails.
Nestled between keys
dotted with droppings
chirping in C major.
Sharpening yellow teeth
with delicate floral carvings.
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Jamie Wilkinson
23 year old writer/poet from Montreal, Canada.
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