In tune in tune (1988)

 On a mandolin 

there are shadow strings 

Corresponding mates 

of the same note

In tune in tune

with one another

All they require 

Is breath of nimble fingers

All they need is space 

to fill with innate harmonies

Sweet ingredients! Battle not under The damp sheet  

but rise with each yeast’s

Muscle flex, bust the bowl

Be it condo, cave dwelling, or

Californian.  

Stroke resonance

Internal& merge, 

a bird’s summer hum

(1988, Lawrence Ks.

FLB