MUSIC ROOM
By Jessica L Wilkinson
Published 9 November 2023
for Margaret West
unusual line-up
variant registers
room opened out
to the long, low growl
summoning friends
(one two five)
celebrate those fugitive tones
the vocal speed
click, tick, buzz
wayward note, tossed
from an ear, ajar
(sly parabola)
flighty fingerwork
ping, ping, pinging
to the lip
propelled
outwards