a piano wrapped

around a room

it will only play

one tune

it will have to do

it will have to do

a birdcage big

enough for two but

mine only knows

one tune

it will have to do

it will have to do

if there was only

one song would

it need to be sung

would we secretly

dream up the rest

and keep them

hidden inside like

sidewalk pennies

and good luck charms

one year wrapped

around me like a shroud

tune after tune

it will have to do

it will have to do

bhagiti 9.22.07 perrysburgh, oh