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For it all came too easily To the scales in every key To play the and the suites The nocturnes and The To master the sonatas, minuets, and To seek the truth fits and To strike the middle F like an arrow through the heart To the right hand like a dove
(the peaceful flutter of a dove) And with a violent shove
(some moments will demand a shove) To needle gently yet relentless with a steady foot upon the And to clench the first inside the velvet glove To to whisper and to scream (the whisper the scream) To let yearning finger breathe (no, nothing lives it breathes) To burn, to worship, to To a question with a pinky on a key To flee, to fight, to To in air Nothing underneath To rap those heavy knuckles on the gate to til there's nothing to Achieve, but To go retrieve the of cable hidden in the cabinet To metamorphasize the rope unto an alphabet To lay the lazy C upon the wooden floor to rest To send the end across the top and bend the C an S To curve the beneath the S to turn the tangle to a B To hug the wretched root around the fibers To wrap again to wrap to give the coil seven loops To penetrate the hoop To tug the loose appendage To yank the knot until it's for the job
it's got to do To toss the braid above the ceiling and to affix the noose To bid adieu to all of you
until there's nothing to do but the chair To the collar Find the To into the air