the pianoforte plays softly and loudly
A piano and the pea
were both dropped off a cliff,
for anecdotal answers
about air resistance.
The piano encounters
a much greater force.
Its cross-sectional area
is larger, of course.
This means it moves through
more air than the pea,
I notice fast falling,
thin air at my feet.
Now diving supine,
air rushes more softly.
I’ve become the piano
to my forte below me.
Roger Kenyon was North America’s first lay canon lawyer and associate director at the Archdiocese of Seattle. He was involved in tech (author of Macintosh Introductory Programming, Mainstay) before teaching (author of ThinkLink: a learner-active program, Riverwood). Roger lives near Toronto and offers free critical thinking and character development courses online.
“When not writing, I’m riding—eBike, motorbike, and a mow cart that catches air down the hills. One day I’ll have Goldies again.”
