The Meadow Annual Literary Arts Journal 2022

The Meadow 13 Minor Miracles in Time Travel Patrick Meeds I keep a clock in every room of my house and they are all set to slightly different times. That way I can move from room to room gaining or losing minutes as I go. If I get bad news on the phone in the kitchen I can just step into the living room where it’s a five minutes earlier and it’s like it never really happened. If you ask the piano in the hall what time it is, it will say 4/4 or maybe 6/8 if it’s feeling jazzy. What else would you expect a piano to say? Was the song written today? 400 years ago? Doesn’t matter to a piano. It’s made of wood, and in the old days, ivory. Just like Washington’s teeth. Did you know that John Adams wanted him to be known as His Highness, Protector of Their Liberties. Their being the thirteen original colonies. A little much if you ask me. But then nobody asks me. That probably has something to do with my inaccurate timekeeping or where I keep my piano. Give me a break though. It’s heavy and after the accident my doctor told me I would never play again. Of course that was then. This is now.

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