Bessatsu vol.18, Early
Once, on the harbor singing contest stage, the xylophone rang exactly once. It was the third line of the chorus. She has signed up again with the same song, in the same key.
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For a month she has gone straight from work to booth 3 at the neighborhood karaoke place. She has sung the same song thirty times, and every time her voice catches at the same spot, the third line of the chorus. At night she walks to the end of the breakwater and sings with no accompaniment. At rehearsal, when the keyboard player asks about the key, she gives the answer she gave four years ago: the original key, please.
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