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Tensioned—
inside repetition’s slipstream
subdividing, accenting, flowing
making rhythm palpable

hand holding shaker
a gesture of 16th notes
semiquavers stretching into years

timeline is panorama
hear the other sounds
their parts come and go
points of departure and arrival

they hold long tones
but percussion dances staccato
around the click
in headphones hear discrepancies
always slightly ahead or behind
the metronome is perfect
me I’m uneven still

distilling music lessons
of how to play an old instrument
holding and shaking
striking and vibrating—
a bird circles
aloft on time.