PIANO HEAD:

“Are you going to play properly?” she would ask, exasperated. 
“I am playing properly”
“No, I’m mean tunes I can recognise”
“I like these tunes”
“Well they aren’t really tunes”
“They are to me”
“They’re more like ‘noise’ and it’s giving me a headache”
“It makes me happy”
“Well why don’t you give it a rest for a while?”
“Being happy?”
“No, playing the piano. How about giving it a rest for a while?”
“Because I like the sound”
“Well I want you to stop now and give it a rest.”
“But I really like it”
“I think it’s time you went outside to play”
“I want to play the piano”
“Would you like me to teach you how to play?”
“I ‘am’ playing”
“No, you’re making a noise and it’s getting on my nerves!”
“I didn’t mean to do that”
“I know, but you’ve been making that noise for a long time”
“It’s not noise to me though”
“And why do you have to put your head inside the piano?”
“It sounds better”
“That’s not how you play a piano”
“But it sounds lovely in there”
“Well it’s time to stop”

(K)