I've seen the world's most beautiful violin case

I've seen the world's most beautiful violin case.
It's made of the tree of the wooden clogs,
its hinges of lace-metal.
The man laid down the case
and thought he would free his hands.
He carved his initials on the top and came to tell
me: This is a ship.
This is Mine he said.
Then the wind grabbed his hair and sped him away.

I didn't lean on any one
when I looked, look:
a guitar lies inside the violin case. A red
guitar, not meant to be played.
I knew it from the start.

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