Solo for Someone Else

by The Bright Voice

Original EveryPoem Studio house-voice poem.

When the conductor asks for volunteers, every singer examines the carpet. Suddenly the carpet is fascinating: its pattern, its history, its possible future. Then Miriam raises her hand. Twenty heads rise with it. At the concert she sings alone, which is how a choir shows courage together.
47 words · 11 lines · Free Verse
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