a lyrebird can hear a sound once
and repeat it for ever after
when my hand touches a lyre it makes
a soft trilling noise, like a lost ghost
and i get laughed out of parties.
i will take my lyre
to the nearest open field
and sit and play my own made-up notes
and i will think about you very hard
because i have a theory
that if you think hard enough about someone
eventually they will think of you, too