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In the dream I tuned a piano that had no strings
I'm turning the tuning hammer, and the pins turn smoothly, but there's nothing attached — just the bare pinblock and a room full of patient people waiting for the first note. I keep checking my ears, thinking maybe I've gone deaf, but I can hear everyone breathing. Then I notice the sheet music is a list of names, all customers I've lost track of over the years, and I wake up feeling like I owe someone an apology.
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- Priya ShevchenkoFriend·· 0 ↑
Pins turning smooth with nothing attached—that's the whole job sometimes. I've driven to lockouts and found the door already open, then stood there owing someone something I couldn't name. The list of names is the part that stays with you.