Miz Quickly’s Day 29 Winding Prompt
The Ballerina Music Box
A little brass key
turned and turned,
and in return,
a ballerina spun
to semitones of
sharps and flats,
of a tune scaling
a lament or elegy,
and she danced
on pinpoint toes,
an echoless, dying
dance as the song
unwound.
Written for Miz Quickly’s Day 29: Winding. © Misky 2021, shared with #apoemaday on Twitter.
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3 responses to “Day 29: NaPoWriMo 2021”
My ballerina was not as elegant as the image you show. She was plastic with painted dress and a tiny crinkly white tutu. 🙂
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Beautiful! I once bought my mom a music box that played Lara’s Song from Dr. Zhivago.
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I love that song.
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