One First Try and then Another

    Careful， a night set on edge

    the European tradition of virtuoso¹

    and the raw desire to articulate.

    I pushed them both backward on the bed in the end

    and each played on， one first

    try and then another.

    Soft then on succession thought.

    The instrument all torso is loved where are held

    fitting the flown down housemartin with a reed

    or belying² midway uncertainty³

    in tandem⁴ the hands， and acts adolescent.

    A natural vaults⁵ a natural

    development， his farther back barn jacket

    American and strewn as if spare.

    Thought soft the crescendo⁶ all along

    saws， neither stroke inward or from the heart

    except it begins unbecoming

    building in roomy youth.

    We have our no， libido⁷， go.

    Then all limbs arms and loudly I don't want to

    play down the skillless touch