Pieces of Eight (2020)

A Violin Has Only Four Strings

A xylophone is a sunny, playful thing,
its notes popping bubbles that
trip over the melody with abandon.
Its music a series of loud kisses.
Nothing like the violin, or worse, a cello
drawing out every pain, moaning and wailing
like a Russian poet, weighing on my soul and
feeding me through life’s long winter.

Written for Express It In Eight
TOPIC - Xylophone