Play for Me, Nice and Easy (for Ed Marthey)

Woke up this morning and turned on the TV.

Saw my cable was out, nothing but black

on the screen. I usually tune to music and

write poetry at this time.

Don’t have a radio either. It was destroyed in a

fire some months ago. No TV, no radio, no music.

How is a poet to write his lines in the dead and

deafening silence of the early morning?

If I had my musician friend, Ed and his piano

here, I could ask him to play. Something soft

and thoughtful, I would say. Go smooth and

easy on those keys.

Here’s a couple of bucks for your trouble. Go

nice and easy on those keys. I’m trying to write

poetry this morning, waiting on the damn cable

company to fix my TV.

Chris Hanch 10-5-15