Tagged: practice

a meditation

a meditation
on chicken skewers – select
your entry point, pierce

through so gently there is time
to adjust your fingers, repeat
.
20230515:2014
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spring fluctuating

at the airport, good-

at the airport, good-
bye is an exercise we
practice and practice –

at the terminal, at the
gate, on the lonely walk home
.
20230411:2019
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maybe leveling

maybe leveling
up
requires a sacrifice,
a death for which we
need not grieve –
we are practicing
taking off our
armor in front of
each other, one
heavy piece at a time –
the sudden lightness
unbalances us
.
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we practice because

new neurons bump

new neurons bump
into older neurons,
triggering mental and
muscular gymnastics,
stumbling across
the language of liszt’s
la campanella,
accepting that
a mountain is taller
than a mountain
.
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selecting the next

selecting the next
piece for piano practice
is a task – valse du

petit chien wound up to chase
its own tail, indefinitely
.
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mom is playing the

mom is playing the
piano on a summer
afternoon, daddy

and i secretly listen
in so she doesn’t get nervous
.
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we practice coiling

we practice coiling
rope for the journey ahead –
long or short, no one

wants to wind up stuck, undoing
a knot formed by carelessness
.
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y

years of practicing