there is the highway that curves off up ahead
and an acrylic pour that could seem like that
all gloopy and curving lines
a window onto the main road
seen straight on, only tree branches and leaves
but audibly noisy with traffic
a piece of music that could be expanded
repeating two bars, creating four bars
applying the pentatonic scale across six strings
the sound of footsteps only sometimes drowned out
then the louder noise of a bus
small noise of a scooter
the sound of a conversation, snippets
too low to be audible
maybe in English, students walking
newly discovered instruments, by me, that is
the sheng, a Chinese hand held organ
the guitar viol, a bowed guitar
the bus plays notes
music playing from a passing car
briefly, then quiet, just for a moment
Exquisitely
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