One First Try and then Another

　　by Brian Blanchfield

　　 Careful， a night set on edge

　　 the European tradition of virtuoso

　　 and the raw desire to articulate.

　　 I pushed them both backward on the bed in the end

　　 and each played on， one first

　　 try and then another.

　　 Soft then on succession thought.

　　 The instrument all torso is loved where are held

　　 fitting the flown down housemartin with a reed

　　 or belying midway uncertainty

　　 in tandem the hands， and acts adolescent.

　　 A natural vaults a natural

　　 development， his farther back barn jacket

　　 American and strewn as if spare.

　　 Thought soft the crescendo all along

　　 saws， neither stroke inward or from the heart

　　 except it begins unbecoming

　　 building in roomy youth.

　　 We have our no， libido， go.

　　 Then all limbs arms and loudly I don't want to

　　 play down the skillless touch

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