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For Arthur it all too easily To the scales in every key To play the and the suites The nocturnes and The To the sonatas, minuets, and symphonies To the truth fits and starts To the middle F like it's an arrow through the heart To wing the hand like a dove
(the peaceful flutter of a dove) And with left a violent shove
(some moments demand a shove) To needle yet relentless with a steady foot upon the pedal And to the iron first inside the velvet glove To learn to and to scream (the justifies the scream) To let each yearning breathe (no, nothing lives it breathes) To burn, to worship, to To pose a question a pinky on a key To flee, to fight, to To in air solid underneath To rap those heavy knuckles on the gate to heaven til there's to Achieve, but To go the length of cable hidden in the cabinet To the twisted rope unto an alphabet To lay the C upon the shabby wooden floor to rest To send the end across the top and the C into an S To curve the tail beneath the S to turn the to a B To hug the root around the fibers suffocatingly To wrap to wrap again to give the coil seven loops To the yawning hoop To tug the loose appendage To yank the knot until it's for the job
it's got to do To the braid above the ceiling beam and to affix the noose To bid adieu to all of you
until there's left to do but Climb the To the collar Find the To step the air