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Young Writers Project: Chill Piano

Young Writers Project
Ben Maksym of Grand Isle was inspired to write this poem while working as an intern with Young Writers Project.

When people ask me, “What music do you listen to?"
I want to say,
“Have you ever heard a piano,
over sparkling drinking and 
confided conversations?
No, not that fast piano, or that happy piano,
but calm,
chill piano,
a walk down a nighttime street,
or a lazy morning,
or a breeze,
or a thought,
but a lost one. Not found quite yet.
There's still some mystery in it.
That's my favorite."

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