88 Keys

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I miss the weight of keys giving way beneath my fingers,
The smooth coolness sliding on my skin.
I liked to trail my fingertips along the wooden cover:
Anticipation before I’d begin.
The sound of felted hammers striking strings,
Ringing in my ears and in my heart,
Evokes an itching yearning in my fingers
To once again create such graceful notes.

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