Piano Poetry - translation

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> I knew it would come down to this.  Okay, for those who never had a poetry=
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> class, didn't pay attention if you did, or are just clouded by my warped=20
> sense of logic, here is the translation:
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But he who never asks questions never learns anything.  Thanks for the=20
translation.  It's all perfectly clear now.  Stay tuned for Haiku describing=
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the joys and pains of regulation....

Dave

> etsy=E2=80=99s Cry
> By Rob Goodale, RPT
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> "Betsy Ross" is arguably among those on the top ten worst piano list.
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> She cries for an echo, a ghost.
> History=E2=80=99s crude humor, the final insult.
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> Meaning a piano with a historic reference would be expected to be much=20
> more.  Instead it is a wannabe, a "ghost" of the real thing.
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> Fleece the fair passed by,
> Weak from the head, soft but without purpose.
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> Fleece =3D felt.  Those who have ever been to a state fair know that=20
> livestock is judged for quality and awards are given.  The quality of the=20
> felt is so poor that the sheep from which it came would have never placed.=
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> The hammers also lack tension and are too soft for any reasonable tone=20
> quality.
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> Should have been the box from which she came.
> The most critical was not rejected, begs for more.
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> The quality of the materials, i.e. wood used in the case construction,=20
> action, and so on would have been more useful in building a piano shipping=
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> crate rather than the piano itself.
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> Newton=E2=80=99s dream, gravity without weight.
> Her input loose, compromises to the side.
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> Newton, as in "Sir Isaac".  The keys have no weights and are uneven. =20
> "Input" =3D keys.  Poor quality felt was used and with no key buttons, thu=
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> Not of wood, an unnatural element.
> Broken and crumbled, her children now silent.
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> Broken plastic elbows.  The "children" i.e. "notes" are no longer able to=20
> play.
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> Slips away, her voice lost to friction and time.
> The steel now stolen, the gift lost.
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> Loose tuning pins, the "steel", (strings), no longer maintain pitch.
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> The savior is called and discriminates.
> Hours go by, she remains silent but hopeful.
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> The pianotech arrives!  He begins his work... good luck!
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> Moment of truth, will she breath?
> She coughs and sighs, tired eyes open.
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> At last the piano will play again though it still remains a lousy excuse o=
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> a piano.
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> Exhausted and regret, the servant collects.
> The apprentice now sits and begins self torture.
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> The poor piano tech now tired from working on this PSO, collects his bill.=
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> Then the misguided kid sits at the piano to practice on this "thing".
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> Think in metaphor boys and girls, think in metaphor!
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