The Harpist

2008. I walk down the Pearl Street Mall

looking to fill my eyes with life that day.

Music to my ears, a sidewalk harpist plays.

I stop, look, listen, take a photograph and

drop a dollar beside him in gratitude for

the melodic gift he has sent my way.

Turns out to have been money well spent.

Through the photograph I hold in my hand,

his music still plays in my memory today.

                     -30-

Chris Hanch 1-13-2021