HI by KEYONA

I DIDENT KNOW WILLIAM AT ALL I AM ONLY 13 BUT I AM SURE OF WHAT I HAVE SENN AND READ I REALLY THINK HE WAS A GOOD GUY

on 26.10.07

Piano Teacher by Kate

Pushing hard, at last they get it in,
this damn piano fought them all the way.
Perhaps it’s just his tiredness, still doing
this at seventy. At seventy,
his dad was dead . . . All his life, it’s music’s
been his friend, these tuneful beasts he carries,
God, he tames. Sees himself with whip
in hand. Piano tamer, look, old man,
still willing to get up there with the boys.

Oh, they get younger every year, these kids
who help him now. He has the expertise,
the truck and trailer, gestures trained, in short,
the brains; they’ve got the brawn. He’s got the eyes
appreciate male shoulders, muscled arms.
Not that they would guess. Not that he’s
disguised. He’s had one lover thirty years!
Such—harmonies. It’s like that Schubert trio,
middle movement where the violin
comes in . . . He walks around the trailer to
the cab, his lover’s voice a bass line rising,
pizzicato cello plucking him . . .

He climbs in, starts the engine, heading home.
Those final chords come back, low B-flat sliding
down to F, the seventh in his right
hand like a whip. He grins. Piano tamer,
yes, old man whose pinky finds the note
down at the bottom brings the movement to an end.

on 04.06.07

A hero of mine by Sharon

Bill,

I will always cherish our relationship. So many wonderful memories, such wonderful times. Recalling our first meeting, pouring rain February Sunday 1981, You & David arrive with Gertude Steinway in tow at "the barn". You are drenched in rain, huge smile, twinkling black eyes..."Hi I'm Bill, this is David. We are delivering Susan's(my new roommate) grand piano".

The fabulous concerts in your home as well as your performances in SF, sailing on the bay, doggie picnics with Harvey, Cumberland Island swimming , sunning, & cooking. You made pies before sunrise!!! Fabulous gourmet dinners, your Italian pastry "Cannoles", more music.

on 04.06.07