Piano Bar

By Michael Tapia

Free verse poetry, with one exception “A Shared Secret.” Various themes and settings, played through the collection as songs at a piano bar, often unnoticed by a crowd too concerned with immediate affairs and the noise of the crowd. “Disbelief” deals with a theme on how belief can lead to inaction all the while thinking that something is being accomplished; how belief can prevent action and the consequences of inaction which is answered by “Movement of One” where action is not dictated by the masses, an invitation to separate oneself from the masses. While social media today allows everyone to have a voice there is no equal power for the individual, overshadowed by vitriol. The individuals emerge from the darkness in “Fireflies”: “Moving upon the breeze,/Drifting lights, unable to set the moment,/Moments illuminated,/Lives drifting upon the breeze.” Various vignettes culminate in “Real Work”: “For after work there will be wisdom,/When purpose will become Purpose,/And the real work will begin.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael Tapia
• Release date: Jan 10, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463582626

Michael Tapia

Born and raised in San Antonio Texas. Retired from the USAF as a Russian Cryptologic Linguist. Had tours primarily in Germany, with six years in Berlin, Germany. Graduated from University of Maryland overseas division, B.A, A.A., Community College of Air Force, A.S.

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Piano Bar

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Table of Contents

Piano Bar

A Shared Secret

Disbelief

Movement of One

Fireflies

A Sturdy Door

Children of Gomorrah

To Go Orders

Empty Desire

Having

Darkening Clouds

A Dozen Roses

Early Retirement

Foreign Song

Humming Along

Make a Wish

Martyrdom

Mono to Stereo

Pray for Lisa

Reboot

Sarcasm

Silence of the Sirens

Something Borrowed

The Unnamed

Theory of Time

Climate Change

To the River

Unsure Steps

Summer Says Goodbye

Into the Light

Real Work

Piano Bar

The piano bar poster caught his eye,

Another new voice, another star,

A bold, imposing font,

As if he knew her or had known her,

An ingenue with piercing eyes;

He sat near the piano,

But in the darkness,

Imagined himself a record producer,

Waiting to hear her, 

Ready to critique, 

A voice demanding acceptance,

Offer her a contract, 

Stories of finding a unique voice,

Bask in her fame for only a small cut,

She sat, not noticing him,

Rested her hands upon the keys,

As if feeling its breathing,

The piano came