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A Broken Chord
Poetry

A Broken Chord

By Christopher Frank
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"Can I be honest," they say in they way sometimes do.
It's not a question asked in alberti bass,
it's a warning said in descending arpeggio,
but they don't know her like I do.

"I love you," she says in the way she sometimes does.
'Love' is elevated above 'I' - all'ottava;
she dangles 'you' off the edge by a diminished octave - a fermata;
and in my heart I know this love will end.

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