How to Solve a Puzzle

from Four Ghosts by Tomtenisse

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Grandma taught me to find
the corners first, dependable
like a compass rose
or Johnson’s drug store
on Lincoln and Main.

Next, she gathered and
connected each flat edge,
straight as a birch tree,
strong as a cane
supporting unsteady steps
on uneven sidewalk.

The rest was trial and error,
like stumbling through a melody
on dusty, old piano keys,
like putting a name with a face
or a word with an emotion,
but the longer she tried,
the more pieces were missing.

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from Four Ghosts, released August 26, 2016
Written, performed, and produced by Andy Pokel.

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Tomtenisse Minneapolis, Minnesota

A tomtenisse is a Swedish Christmas gnome.

Andy Pokel is a Swedish Christmas gnome.

Andy Pokel is
Tomtenisse.

Tomtenisse is folksy, snythy, singer-songwritery music.

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