Conversation trickles from the mouth, 
Delicate and airy 
Like the notes from a music box 
Opened for the first time 
Lightly floating music, 
violin perhaps 
Captures every listener 
Like a rabbit in a snare. 

These pleasantries, 
Repeated as though wound with a key 
These faces, 
Cracked paint & ghastly 
Hanging on every word. 

The moment performs a surgery 
Music of the body 
Stitched with a cello string 
Each 'X' a tiny kiss 
And a quiet request to dance.