PITCH PERFECT

One afternoon
in high school

four voices
came together

unexpectedly
around a simple

melody—an original
tune freshly made.

The harmony
the teens

happened upon
made them squeal

with amazement. It does
not matter that

more than forty years
have passed

since that day,
the song still lives

within me
as an incandescence,

as a joy that is
pitch perfect.