from CONTRAPUNTAL
That beautiful melody? It is already within us
Tim was sorting through his compositions
we need to find a way to bring it closer
to brush our end against its end, but we must remain
and regardless if I am satisfied with it
I have to abide by the metronome
I want to study piano because in doing so I will destroy
my discreteness. One is always concerned with one’s discreteness
this tiresome harangue of mine, would you believe me
just as I was reaching the terminus or whatever point
in the mind that receives it. Listen to this, Tim said
playing nothing. Do you hear what I hear
I would have to do it myself
with my own hands, Tim continued,
sometimes I am struck, my chair a closer
companion than anyone I know.
Christopher Kondrich is the author of Contrapuntal, forthcoming in the Free Verse Editions poetry series. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Denver.