Recital

Take the plastic off the trays of food

Ladles, napkins, plates, and plastic spoons

There's more chairs that we can always use

We will have a big, full room

Lindsey is the first one who will play

I sit right behind her every May

She likes Grieg, Scarlatti, and Green Day

But we go to different schools

Oh, it's a hot one

What would these hands do

If they forgot?

I rise when the teacher calls my name

As they clap, I smile back in shame

I can smell the shampoo in her hair

I can smell the month of May

Oh, sticky fingers

Would you like me to

Play you a song?

Oh, these two fingers

Play a song on you

From the beginning

Touch the keys and make the piano sing

Touch the keys, it's such a funny thing

She likes Grieg, Scarlatti, and Green Day

Sit behind her every May