TM. Memphis. 2014. Paser (photo credit: Karen B. Golightly)
Polished Wood
My mother
Gave me
Clarinet lessons, but
I never learned
To play
The clarinet.
Because I had no breath.
Now I see
What the breath
Can do
To
Transform and
Transfix
A piece of
Polished wood.
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Dvorah Telushkin