The Piano Tuner

Started at 76.
dead wife
once a bi-
ologist before dementia
took her mind.
She had theories on
bacteria and viruses
that were never finished, and they crawl away in his dreams.

The name was
Maggie
o Maggie bluebird
he used to say.
Maggie bluebird in the grass.
Her hair had been blonde then turned
white like a mated dandelion.

Cool your frost
were her last words, before slipping into something
simply no one understood.