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[aid] => mick
[title] => Virtuoso
[time] => 2004-07-05 18:17:06
[hometext] => For my friend Joe.
[bodytext] => it's a clear, starry night the theater is packed the atmosphere grows tighter as the crowd awaits his melodies the house lights dim, and the spotlights turn on excited whispers are broken by the sound of silence the pianist walks casually on stage the volume of the crowd breaks decibal barriers he doesn't seem to notice the crowd as he goes to the bench he pushes back the tails of his coat as he sits specks of stardust twinkle in his eyes he wrings his long fingers rapidly he touches his fingers to the ivories, and immediately lifts them again he turns his head slightly to the crowd and, with a smile, winks a starlit eye the pianist turns back to his black Steinway and starts to play a concerto in C minor his fingers caress the ebonies, and pound on the ivories the limber fingers move at lightning speed his tongue smoothes his lips as the song modulates he strikes the last chord applause fills the concert hall the pianist stands up and takes his bow [comments] => 3 [counter] => 225 [topic] => 55 [informant] => LittleWillow [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => dedicatedpoems )
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