Randy Streu

Music Box 
 
A box of found music on the sidewalk 
and a sign 
begging passers-by 
to give a home to a lonely record 

makes orphans of 
Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow, 
of Zero Mostel and the Fiddler, 
of Handel and Bach, 
Stravinsky and Bartok... 

And now pianist Noel Lee is home at last, 
breathing life into “3 Studies,” 
and keeping time with my distracted thoughts 
while the fireplace crackle of old vinyl 
keeps us warm

Randy Streu is a voice actor, poet, and audio dramatist. He lives, works, and writes in Wisconsin, sharing the first willingly and the others grudgingly with his loving wife and four children. Together, they care for three cats.