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Ebbing begins
Crescendo.
I rise from the tile
Belt scrapes the wall
Jacob looks up as I rise
Inquiry in his eyes I don't see
I rush after you
Clumsily
Stacatto
You disappear around the corner but I keep going
Stupidly
Uneven
Stumbling over my music

My head is filled with your sound
That music
The eigth-notes and sixteenth connections with slurs
So beautiful against the
Melody
of Happiness

Escalates

I say your name softly in my mind, the notes in the music.

Ritardando, 'sadly'
I know you won't be back
For the embrace I want to give

I stop. The legato halts. A Bird's-eye on a half rest.

I am forced to fall back against the wall in the same place
To hang my head
The belt makes grayish lines on the white
I sink
The cotton folds up on the white skin of my back
The conductor has yet to release my hold
You won't use that Double-bar with the two dots on it.
You'll mark through it and continue as the conductor means you to do.

"Did someone call my name?"
'Flowing'
The music continues,
Soft chords
With the soloist making a web of desire and happiness
Enlight

I look up, the flashing in my eyes
A hint of my joy.
I raise my horn to my lips

ENDING ONE (optional)

My eyes darken, glass.
My friends look up at the questioner with perplexity
Then at me.
'Sadly'
Is the theme
I look at him with the side of my eyes.
An F on open rings in my voice as I miss a note
Lying
"No." I say
Through my nose
With a crack on G
My sound weakens

Double-bar FIN.

I rip the notes apart, one by one.

ENDING TWO (optional)

I remain statued for a second
Then rise to my feet
Gracefully
Take the extra step to you
"Yes." I say, every word true
As a Middle C.
Ignore the hurt I can see already in the dark-skinned one's eyes.
He knows what will happen.
Wrap my arms around your shoulders
No as 'just friends'
Like it always is.
'Beautifully.'

Our lips meet in the middle

Fermata.

FIN.

Remove second ending, not to be put in use.