Dear Patti

Patti, I didn't get to hear you play. I was making sure my kids didn't fall in The lake. I was trying to make myself so Small. In that space, I had no place being at All. Out by the national semis, I was On tiptoe spying on your long gray hair. The back of your head as Powerful as your face. Your hands two mouths. Maybe I should have gone up to you. But what would have been My proof? The pyramid, such a steep Shape to climb. When you know your rank and you got your File. So you just stay In line. Dreaming of getting high. Only two women On the stage that day. Only two women Anyway. On any day. Only two women On the stage that day. Still, Patti, I didn't get to hear you play. Oh, oh. Patti, I didn't get to hear you play. I was making sure my kids didn't fall in The lake. I was trying to make myself so small. In that space, I had no place being at All. It's all my fault. It's all my fault. It's all my fault. It's all my fault. Patti, I didn't get to hear you play. Patti, I didn't get to hear you play. Patti, I didn't get to hear you play. Patti, I didn't get to hear You Play