Beam Me Up Scotty

upstairs the hammers of a piano mechanically stomp through a tune as unwilling fingers prod at a well-known student piece a small scottie dog appears wearing a tartan coat a light hibernian them clambers into my head later a young child joins me to sit on the house stoop I ask her if she likes clementi the look in her eyes warns me never to ask again a small-scale baby grand joins us sniffs at the little girl and growls then runs along the sidewalk looking for someone to play with