mark its symbol in proper location
on your staff, designating each tone’s pitch
and duration. This communication
resonates with musicians, showing which
key or string to impress. When the note comes
promising to pay his debt, pray for all
who must respond to its effect, since some
fate may surely intervene, cause your call
for days in court. When the note comes giving
you her answer, revealing her love’s weight
place it gently on your scale, reliving
her psyche, each graceful sentence’s state.
Consider what it connotes, why you’ll keep
it forever, whether you shout or weep.
Roger Armbrust
October 27, 2010
