Mixed media, 1” x 2”

VIOLINISTS AT LUNCH 

By Danny Gammon

Questioning  

the menu and God, 

considering  

sodium and my soul 

and whether there’s  

enough extra dressing 

         on the salad  

to mask  

my wilting prayers, 

      I watch  

a pair of musicians 

perched on the café’s stage 

lift violins  

out of velvet lined cases, 

    nestle them with their chins  

and begin to play. 

     The duo  

          beats and parries, 

     poking  

  holes in my doubts, 

           as notes from the melody

  mix with the steam of my tea, 

  a path twisting skyward 

like an offering.