Also Mutants

Piano Key Bang

6-21-17

It's been said it takes
ten-thousand hours of practice
to master any hobby or field.
If that's true, then
how did I manage to
quickly pick up the art
of mashing piano keys
in a grossly melodic manner
by the end of first grade?
I was no Beethoven or Liberace,
but there was no equal among peers.
Maybe it was the key-tar's
simultaneous emergence, or
reverse ageism, holding me back.
I coulda been a legend, ma!
Instead, here I am...tuning words
and making other kinds of notes
and wondering all the same.