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The Abandoned Piano
I told her to stop visiting, but she insisted. I would lock the doors, close the windows, cover up the hole on the roof, but still she found her way into the cabin. And in the middle of the night, while I was asleep, when even the nocturnal creatures of the woods went silent, she played.
Up and down went her melody, flowing freely into the cold air, waking me gently with a tune and keeping me until daybreak. And then, as the sun crept in through the misty windows of the piano room, she left.
Night after night she came, slipping in through locked doors, playing the sounds of that dreary November. It was never a tune I knew, or even understood, but after the eighteenth night I had grown fond of her music, and of her. I asked her to stay but she politely declined, smiling as her fingers danced on the keys. And when morning greeted us, she said her goodbye, and I never saw her again.
The cabin has long since crumbled, and I, too, have withered with time, but the piano she played on those November nights remained untouched. And there it remains, to this day, in the forest where we met, as I lay here waiting for the night when she should play again.
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A few weeks ago, police found a piano abandoned in the woods. No one knew who owned it, or how it got there, only that it was perfectly tuned, had a matching bench, and required at least six people to move. No one has come forward to claim the mystery piano.
Taking the challenge of Jessica Zafra to write a story explaining the piano, I wrote a little flash fiction, above.
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I should mention that the “challenge” is actually a contest. You can find the other entries HERE (my entry is #8, behindhiddendoors), and can vote for the one you like best HERE. I don’t know when the polls close, but there’s also a prize for the best critique. I don’t know what the prizes are, but I enjoy winning whatever contest I can. =) It builds self-esteem. =)
You might need to have a wordpress account to vote (post a comment), I’m not sure, but I do hope you try. =)
Cheerio!
