Listen
She watches the fingers
move, spells out the words
they are signing, is told
there are 53 ways of pro-
noun-sing the key word,
along with synonyms &
related words. She also
learns that the song of
that name by Beyoncé is
written in the key of B
major, is set in common
time at a moderately slow
groove of 62 beats per
minute, & is classified as
a soul-R&B ballad. None
of this makes sense to her,
but she still delights in the
moving fingers, & the un-
spoken memory of at least
two poems by Wallace
Stevens that they trigger.