pianos on mountains belong to a long line of vagaries
left undiscovered but some few
find their elevation
in legendary remnants of arks appearing at the 26,000 ft level
down there on mt everest
confirming the postulate of eternal misdirection
while the emasculation of entire tribes of footmen
the sort of which proceeds unabated
trod nearly unrecorded erecting
displays of significance delayed
only to leave their markings misdirected
into song and dance
keys in the wind disimpinged but memoried
dink the hill
“Our guys couldn’t believe their eyes”
the pathology proceeded to find evidence of
“fossils”
resembling uncannily (and i mean uncannily) the virgin mary
under each one of those ivory keys
the virginmost mary
imprinted into ground
at first they thought they had come upon
a youthful prank
an attraction of the tasks misgiven
a piano on a modest mountain
a hill at most
can be disregarded
but as each key was slowly uncovered
-and the archeology continued years-
the mystery of “the smudge” to some
and allthatisneeded to others
that can’t be explained by manufacture
as each key was minutely unique
and of entirely organic material
the whole orchestra of the hill
rose above the valley
in the city the great quake of 06
was reported to have killed 835
and meant the collapse of the valley museum
obliterating the entire collection
36 individual keys (all ivory)
dust.
