Josette Akresh-Gonzales is the author of “Apocalypse on the Linoleum” (Lily Poetry Review Press). Her work has been published in The Southern Review, The Indianapolis Review, JAMA, The Pinch, The Journal, Breakwater, PANK, and many other journals, as well as the anthology Choice Words (Haymarket). She co-founded the journal Clarion and was its editor for two years. Website: josettepoet.com. Note: This poem is part of a book-length project in which each section is titled with the same name as the BBC’s “Planet Earth” episode; “a white grand piano” is in the “winter” piece of the Seasonal Forests section.
