I could hear
the piano music playing
slow soft descant
in the background
if not the tune
which is unusual
if you’re outdoors
by a lake
knowing
these moments
would be gone forever
soon
so I drank them in
to a starving man
fragments froth
taste like nectar
while waiting
for the words
to be said
& when that was over
trust me
I knew that tune
neilbenbow 