Piano Pedals Sans Keys

See now how

words once

hot from our tongues

forgo spice

and definition,

peeling

from our chests,

where they

are routinely forced,

like plasters

off wet wounds.

See?

Just a

moka spoon

of doubt

wins out,

as surely as

high pressure

escapes to low,

or the moon

manipulates

the damn tides.

I love you

Love you 
Knock

Piano pedals sans keys.