Solo

a beautiful girl, 

long slim fingers, 

strokes a precious Stradivari,

patina polished maple

a touch like mist on water,

exquisite lilting notes

sublimely float, take flight

then slowly fade

as they surely must

she is compelled to sway,

as a reed in a stream

sensuous, erotic, beguiled

by the purity of sound

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© Graham R Sherwood 04/22