Roses, near Castelvetrano


sometimes I hear you playing the piano
the clear notes in the air like voices
the colors clear as a vase of Sicilian roses
for true, it's not an illusion
I know
its not as in a dream
for in a dream I know
the humming notes in the air are
not roses
but echoes begging
vanishing

no, when I hear your piano notes
out of the Yamaha
with the phones plugged in
the phones encasing your ears
I know what you play

even if I am rooms away
I know
Sicilian roses

22.06.11