Dream work

on the stool the Mantis sat 
I watched him for a good while 
until he turned to face the piano 
stretched his incredibly long legs and arms 
and began to play 
a version of color blind so intensely beautiful 
it brought tears to my shallow eyes 
and warmth to my frozen heart 
 
just after the final note 
echoed down the hall 
he snagged a fly that had fallen 
under the hypnotic beauty of his play 
he turned his head in that peculiar way they do 
blinked one giant eye and said 
'never assume'