a piano lesson

part one:
when i saw the piano i asked 'do you play?'

to which he replied 'no, do you?'

part two:
it came with the apartment
and made a muffled noise

i jammed the keys

part three:
after clearing the cover
of the box piano with blue paint chipping

we found the skeleton of a turtle
scattered and broken among the strings

part four:
we placed the bones in a way
to make them look as much like a turtle
as we could imagine

the broken shell was the hardest part

part five:
after the burial

he asked 'scones and tea?'

to which i replied 'have you got cream?'