Piano tuner kneels near Quercus door
Kettle sighs steam on the pinewood floor
Tuning hammer rests on pinned steel heart
Chromatic intervals wait to start
He turns the pin with Calloused thumb
Minor third resolves to major sum
Steam climbs slow as root through clay
Perfect fifth will hold the day
Kettle strings hum in C-major light
Botanist watches intervals align tight
Steam and wire both seek their pitch
Patience rooted in the kitchen stitch
Felt muting strip lies on maple shelf
Rosa rugosa drinks the steam himself
Tuner hears the beat frequency fade
Unison blooms in the silence made
He turns the pin with Calloused thumb
Minor third resolves to major sum
Steam climbs slow as root through clay
Perfect fifth will hold the day
Kettle strings hum in C-major light
Botanist watches intervals align tight
Steam and wire both seek their pitch
Patience rooted in the kitchen stitch
Salvia officinalis drinks the vapor
Tuner checks the octave's behavior
No beats remain in the doubled tone
Harmony lives in the wood and bone
Kettle strings hum in C-major light
Botanist watches intervals align tight
Steam and wire both seek their pitch
Patience rooted in the kitchen stitch
Tool roll closes on worn leather skin
Kettle clicks off — the boiling's done
Tuner rises with dust on his knees
Leaves a chord hanging in the breeze
Kettle strings hum in C-major light
Botanist watches intervals align tight
Steam and wire both seek their pitch
Patience rooted in the kitchen stitch
Quercus door swings on iron hinge
Tuner walks past the fringed fern fringe
Final fifth rings in the cooling air
Equally tempered, perfectly there
Kettle strings hum in C-major light
Botanist watches intervals align tight
Steam and wire both seek their pitch
Patience rooted in the kitchen stitch
Kettle strings hum in C-major light
Steam and wire both seek their pitch
Perfect fifth holds the day
Perfect fifth holds the day
