the hurdy gurdy seems like an instrument
from some steam punk future
rather than the actual horse hair shirt past

I imagine Leonardo contemplating
the crank and cogs -
wheels turning within wheels

if only he had electricity
he would have put pick ups
by the keys and under the drone strings

I could see him, dressed in purple
jamming till dawn in slippers
dancing between the tables
only pausing to crank up another tune

while his automatic feast
prepared dinner for forty.