Even the piano resents me today
I knew something was wrong
from the moment I saw it grin
In a sinister manner
Leering, glaring, cackling
Something is wrong

I walk up
Try to play a piece
And true enough
Snarling with all its black teeth
and white teeth
It resents my touch
biting
snapping
slashing out
at my fingers
I try to reason with it
Why is this this
but there's no reason with a beast
a wild one

Flipping wildly
Lunging pouncing wanting
Those black teeth and white teeth are a-hungry
I'm afraid to press the keys
I can almost imagine
them as hot branded irons

I try to keep my cool
Try to keep go playing
Minor and major scales
form half-heartedly under my fingers
They tumble there
Break apart here
And the piano's a-smiling

I struggle with my rising panic
Stifle an urge to scream
No no no no
This is not happening
Force myself to think
My mind turned fuzzy
Like poor connection on a TV
Can't think can't think can't think
Why why why

Today there's no music
No music flowing out
Oh what I wouldn't give
To get back that feeling again
No music flowing out
No music to touch the soul
Why are my fingers unable to fly across the piano
I still don't believe it

The piano is a-grinning
I don't know why
Does it see the despair
In my heart

Snipping snapping clamping
at my fingers
It is relentless
Trying to
get me down
Prancing pouncing snarling
It wants to
stop the music
stop

Still I play on
Left hand
left
Right hand
right
No stopping
No more

Piano's still there
but no music flows out
No music flowing through me
Not any longer
Not helping not helping not helping

No sweet singing
No ringing melodies
There's just me
and the
piano

My teacher asks me if anything is wrong
I shake my head numbly
I turn back and
see the piano grinning in its terrible terrible way
It seems to know
that I cannot escape
My teacher's disappointed in my playing today
Deep in my heart
only I know
it's the piano
that's a-doing