Issue Twenty-Seven - Winter 2016

Mistake During Recital

By Melissa Parietti

You’re a cellist with older hands
and when you hit the harmonic near the bridge
you tremble
your note suffers;
It’s the last one,
wrong and off and teetering.

Copyright Parietti 2016

Melissa Parietti is a native of Long Island originally from Melville, New York. She attended business classes and writing workshops at SUNY Geneseo. At 24 years old, her poetry has received several acceptances to print and online journals. An example of her work can be found here: http://pdxxcollective.com/2015/04/16/the-haze-guest/. Reach her at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/melissa-parietti/34/970/2b2. Her Twitter handle is @MelissaParie.

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